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Further, we propose that entrepreneur warmth (being friendly and good natured) moderates both weirdness effects, by strengthening the positive effect on entrepreneur creativity and dampening the negative effect on entrepreneur competence. Second, Study 2 seeks to enhance the content validity of weirdness by implementing a behavior checklist method (to develop the Behavioral Indicators of Non-Normativity; BINN). 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