Title: I am a developer and the startup I joined as employee #2 a year and a half ago has been growing steadily. There are now double digits employees and I&#x27;ve been given more responsibility and authority.<p>Aside from development, some of my responsibilities up to this point have already included project management, staff management and proposal writing. Now I am joining the senior management team and taking on more strategic responsibilities, including determining the direction of many of the company’s future plans and projects.<p>There are several paths I am looking at for preparing myself for my new responsibilities. I thought I’d start a discussion as out of the demographic on HN, I am sure I am not the only one in such a situation.<p>Self-teaching directions I’ve been looking at so far are:
-	Business Analyst processes.
-	Agile planning
-	Agile requirements modeling
-	Effective proposals
-	Business development<p>Although there is certainly no absence of literature in this area, I&#x27;ve found it hard to find good recommendations. Does anyone have any suggestions for specific books in those areas, or any other areas that would benefit a developer taking on a more strategic role?
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