they work crazy hours in the hope of making it really big some day, even if the personal cost today is high. When you say, "they", you're talking about entrepr

they work crazy hours in the hope of making it really big some day, even if the personal cost today is high. When you say, "they", you're talking about entrepreneurs who have made a personal choice to make that sacrifice; or, a team of entrepreneurs who have agreed, amongst themselves, to all make that sacrifice together. I read Patrick's argument as railing against the kind of "entrepreneurs" who are really just free-loading, glorified managers that get angry when anyone on the team starts "slacking" (i.e., working less than 80-100 hours / week) because they're relying on the hard work of other people to bring them their fortune instead of actually doing anything themselves.