So you are saying that an article written by a person that ran an unsuccessful startup for 1 year contains wisdom so deep the original commenter can't possibly

So you are saying that an article written by a person that ran an unsuccessful startup for 1 year contains wisdom so deep the original commenter can't possibly understand? Don't canonize startup founders. Many of them have no idea what they are talking about, even the successful ones. I'm not saying the OP falls into that bucket, but there is certainly no reason to dismiss that notion outright. Your description of startup life also is just your own experience, it doesn't apply to everybody and you have no reason to believe it does.