Good books on the nuts and bolts of starting up
hwijaya: I think things like options and any other legal is a very delicate stuffs and better be done with experts (lawyer, accountant etc).For resources, here are few that i have in the arsenal:Marketing:
http://startup-marketing.com/
http://andrewchenblog.com/Legal:
http://www.thestartuplawyer.com/General:
http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/
http://onstartups.com/You can ask any topic:
http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/?biz
http://news.ycombinator.com/Hope it helps.