I agree! Some of the things are even contradictory from what you hear in the Lean Startup echo chamber now. They would make a ton more sense if they carried examples or some sort of 'war story'.

I started a new thread just last night for this - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3498421 - Bootstrapped Consumer Web Startup Stories? #Win and #Fail.

I am not sure how to get this conversation started, but I really would love to hear from the community on HN.