I haven't met as many as you have, but the ones I have worked for have mostly been bored trust-fund kids whose only motivation is to have something to brag about.
There may be a self-selection filter at work driving whom you are meeting--you may not be aware of it. That being said the promise of the Bootstrappers Breakfast is to join other entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast in a serious conversation.
We don't attract a lot of the "make money while you sleep" or "four hour work week" folks--but I don't consider them entrepreneurs. I think there are two critical elements of an an entrepreneurial disposition:
1. Commit to the exchange of value for value, of quid pro quo. This does not preclude acts of generosity and kindness.
2. Cultivate the capability to take prudent risks to explore and learn. It embeds the realization that failure is a real possibility and a plan that anticipates how to survive a sequence of small failures (of “affordable losses”) is far preferable to incurring a substantial loss that bankrupts you.
