Building a Business Dream with L A Balamurugan

From Software People Stories by PM Power Consulting

May 1, 2026 · 52 min

About this episode

L.A. Balamurugan shares his extensive career journey in software development and Agile coaching, along with insights on entrepreneurship and his recent book.

My guest today is L.A. Balamurugan, known as Bala. With extensive experience in software development, he now plays the role of a delivery coach. In this conversation filled with nuggets from his experience, Bala shares his career journey from a computer science degree in the early 1990s to roles at HCL, Perot Systems in the US, and Manugistics. After earning a master’s in information systems and software engineering from George Mason University, he joined HP Labs in Bangalore as an R&D project/program manager on HP OpenView and became involved in early Agile/Scrum adoption and scaling. He later launched a boutique consulting firm and co-founded BookMyTrainings.com (a training marketplace), grew it with angel funding, and expanded into payment collection and L&D program management before COVID led to winding it down. He then spent about seven years as an Agile coach and recently published a startup-focused book, "What I Wish I Knew Before Starting Up," covering founder blind spots, idea alignment, co-founder choices, and emotional resilience. 00:00 Welcome and Setup 00:30 Early Career at HCL 01:53 Textile Systems Tech Stack 02:28 US Onsite Perot Systems 03:41 Supply Chain…

People in this episode

Guest: L.A. Balamurugan

Topics covered

career journey
Agile coaching
entrepreneurship
software development
training marketplace

Keywords

Agile
software development
entrepreneurship
coaching
training marketplace
career journey
startup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HCL, Perot Systems, Manugistics, HP Labs, BookMyTrainings.com

Books & works: What I Wish I Knew Before Starting Up

Places: United States, Bangalore