[whatusername]

If you're planning on running a business: The E-Myth Revisited, Michael Gerber.

If you don't have your own shit togethor productivity wise: Getting Things Done, David Allen.

This: http://managinghumans.com/ might be what you're after in terms of Engineering/Development management

[rvb]

Getting Things Done is a permanent resident of my bookshelf (and OmniFocus is one of all of my devices). That's exactly the sort of guide I was looking for, but for a company instead of for an individual. So I am very eager to check out your other recommendations; thank you very much.

[whatusername]

I haven't actually read Rands book. So can't really comment on it.. But you'll have likely seen some of his pieces (NADD, The Cave, etc) on HN before.

Gerber's book is brilliant and is a very highly recommended entrepreneurship book. BUT -- that might not be what you are doing at this stage... It is completely offline focused, and it doesn't really address the "make something people want then figure out a Bus. model" approach. To really boil it down: "Work on your business and not just in it" It's key focus is getting technicians (eg: a baker) to drop the tools (eg: stop baking) for a bit and look at the bigger picture of where there business (bakery) is going.

In short -- it's a worthwhile read, but it's not a GTD for organisations. It doesn't have the deeply practical stuff (list this, do that, etc) and probably isn't the right fit for a group of programmers...