Is there such a thing as a run-on-sentence in Chinese?
Actually, this is some quite advanced writing.
And no, there's no such a thing as run-on sentence in Chinese. At least not exactly as in English.
The structure used in this article is called 排比(parallelism, http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8E%92%E6%AF%94). Parallelism is &quot;a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.&quot;
If you look carefully, you can identify multiple groups of phrases with similar pattern describing a common subjective/objective:

这个被推到风口浪尖的超级课程表团队基本都是出身草根的90后，没有

显赫的背景、
华丽的学历、
光鲜的职业履历，

白手起家硬生生从零开始做到成功拿下阿里的风险投资，不管

盈利多少、
用户多少、
融资多少，

能走得到这个阶段当属不易。

You should also consider it phonetically. This kind of structures are usually used in a speech or a debate. Because of those similar structures, when you say it out loud, you'll get nice rhythm, stronger/firmer tone and look more confident in your content in front of your listeners. It helps with getting your ideas across or intimidating your opponents.
People are always looking for patterns in stuff (even when it's not there). Just give it to them.