{"id":10766,"date":"2020-06-17T02:03:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T02:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/saasboomi\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=10766"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:49:16","slug":"rushabh-mehta-of-erpnext-on-how-hes-building-a-community-not-just-a-company","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/saasboomi\/podcast\/rushabh-mehta-of-erpnext-on-how-hes-building-a-community-not-just-a-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Rushabh Mehta of ERPNext on how he\u2019s building a community, not just a company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Great ecosystems are built on building blocks that are diverse and bring different communities and ideologies together. Homogenous building blocks create commoditised environments with absolutely short-lived differentiation and a common race to the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India\u2019s SaaS ecosystem brings enough diversity in terms of business models and products, even ideologies, to keep storytellers like me excited and interested in people who make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rushabhmehta1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rushabh Mehta<\/a>, this week\u2019s guest on the SaaSBOOMi podcast, underscores the diversity in India SaaS as I mentioned above. In a world focused on B2BSaaS products joining the battle of the proprietary platforms,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/erpnext.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ERPNext<\/a>, offers one of the world\u2019s only open source ERP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a path not many have taken because it\u2019s not financially rewarding and bootstrapping isn\u2019t a choice\u2013there\u2019s no other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rushabh and his company&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/frappe.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frappe Technologies<\/a>&nbsp;have some amazing insights about building a company based on the First Principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to this podcast to learn from ERPNext and Rushabh\u2019s journey how to build a community and not just a company. 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