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"I work 80 hrs for my own business and I expect everyone else to do so...on a regular salary"
No, on a startup salary. Which might be minimum wage (on a 40h basis). His advice is solid: for someone who looks for work life balance a startup is not the right employer. They will be much happier in a big boring established company. If someone is in their 20s, little family obligations, wants to have a high risk high reward experience, go for it.
It's not inherently the case. For instance, my best job ever work-life balance-wise was a start up.
They were a really down-to-earth group, but they were also aware enough to realize that having a good work environment is how you keep your best people when you can't necessarily compete on salary/prestige with the big guys.
That's awesome, but also rather the exception, at least in my experience.