Very interesting, it's good of him to open up information like this.
Id personally be very interested to hear about people's lives after launching a start up. Even if the success is just to replace their 9-5 earnings and be their own boss.
I agree that it looks a bit suspicious but the content is still interesting. Its a few years old now, so he's not giving any information to his competitors that will hurt him, so good for him. There is something similar here from Ultraedit: