How? It would be nice if the author would have put some link or resources for the readers. I don't really have any clue about what this person did.
All the argumentations against remote work on this article don't have nothing with remote work, but bad management. I identified two main issues:
1. this founder is trying to mimic office work in remote setting. It doesn't work that way! It really requires to rethink about process, culture, etc... in a very different way;
2. this founder like 90% of startup founders is a bad manager. Lack of alignment, poor coordination, poor feedback management, low trust are all the main symptoms that this person doesn't seem to have the appropriate skill level to manage a team and a remote org.
I think that remote work also requires stronger leadership and people management skills. But many founders don't really care much about those things as they should. Which also tells a lot about what these people value.