AB Periasamy builds software like an artist builds a masterpiece. By inspiring others to believe in the idea and the design and contribute to it's success.

Anand Babu (AB) Periasamy is a free software contributor, angel investor and an entrepreneur. AB is one of the founders of Minio, an open source cloud storage server. Prior to Minio, AB co-founded Gluster, an open source distributed filesystem. AB is also on the board of Free Software Foundation - India and has authored GNU FreeIPMI and GNU FreeTalk.

Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/ab-periasamy-people/

Key Takeaways * Don't have people managers. Instead, build a culture that encourages self-managing individuals. * Software development is more like creating art than mass-producing products in a factory. * Build the culture and they will come. * Industry experts may be brilliant and also be the wrong people to have on your team. + They come with pre-conceptions on what will work and what won't. + They might be motivated by money instead of by your goals. * Minimize the requirements, don't throw in extra features just to compete. * Experiment on ideas to gaher more data before deciding on a solution. * Elect one benevolent dictator to represent the team after soliciting ideas and discussion options. + That person will take all the input and make the decision. * The first 10 people are the hardest to find. After 10 the recruiting becomes much easier. * The only asset you have from the beginning is belief. You must inspire others to share in that belief or connect with others that already believe.

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Resources Mentioned * HTP-54 You're Tech Interviews are Scaring Away Brilliant People — People Friday with Bill Kennedy * Minio Cloud Storage * Minio on Github