Grow Your World reality

You might have noticed a particular phrase that's worked its way into a lot of our branding here at xTuple:  "Grow your world." You might have even noticed that it's got a little (R) registered trademark notice after it. That's how strongly we feel about this phrase. Could you indulge me for a minute while I explain why?

Of course, we believe that a good ERP system like ours, properly implemented, can most definitely help a company grow - in profits, people, and influence. But it’s not just about growing the business. It’s something more — expanded personal horizons as well. What a wise man once called “the pursuit of happiness.” We agree with Mr. Jefferson that it’s an in- (or un-)alienable right — but we realize that it takes work to make those abstract concepts a reality.

And increasingly, that work happens in a global context. It’s a rare customer of xTuple that doesn’t do at least some international business. We ourselves work with dozens of countries, and the software has been translated into almost as many languages — often by individuals and companies with whom we have a defined partner relationship, but not always. There are more and more of those people who are finding us — often after implementing our software at a company, a person decides he or she wants to make a career out of it. Now, THAT is growing your world!

Hopefully that helps explain what we're talking about. And of course, we're growing our own world too — here are some details on the financial and operational success xTuple has been fortunate enough to enjoy this year so far: [Open source ERP provider xTuple grows 66% year-over-year].

Our hearty thanks to our customers and partners who have powered that success for us — and of course, to the growing team here at xTuple as well. I never thought I'd say this, but if you want to learn more about the people that make up xTuple, check us out on Facebook!

Ned Lilly

President and CEO

In October 2001, Ned co-founded xTuple, originally called OpenMFG, with the aim of bringing the worlds of open platform software and enterprise resource planning (ERP) together to solve the unmet needs of small- to mid-sized manufacturers. In 1999, he was a co-founder of Great Bridge, an early business built around the PostgreSQL database which is also the core technology for xTuple today. Great Bridge was incubated inside Landmark Communications, a mid-sized media company where Ned directed corporate venture investments, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and startup activity. Prior to Landmark, Ned worked for a regional technology group in Washington D.C. and had a brief first career in political media — television, radio and a non-partisan news wire. He holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.A. from George Washington University.