To be clear, the goal is not for the group to launch a product, it's to discuss mutually beneficial topics having to do with launching your own project.

I've owned a business, and Ive worked 9-5s, it's not an odd demographic at all, unless you buy into the macho bullshit about sleeping at your desk etc, by 20 year olds, who have never made a dollar themselves.

You're assuming that what we're escaping from is the time dedicated to work. I'm more looking for control of my own destiny, even if it involves a lot more hours.