Opening the Aperture: Explaining the Complementary Roles of Advice and Testing When Forming Entrepreneurial Strategy

The authors thank their amazing field site for letting them watch all the interactions and conduct interviews and for agreeing to blind their name to protect the identities of the entrepreneurs. The authors thank Chris Bingham, Mark Zbracki, Gerardo Okhuysen, Melissa Mazmanian, Beth Bechky, Michel Anteby, Christine Beckman, Rebecca Karp, Tiona Zuzul, Pinar Ozcan van Rens, Mary Tripsas, Elizabeth Altman, Joel West; seminar participants at Boston University, University of Michigan, New York University, UC Irvine West Coast Research Symposium, the Colloquium on Accelerator Research; and participants at the Strategic Management Society and Academy of Management for helpful comments on earlier drafts. The authors thank their anonymous reviewers and Makha Moeen at Organization Science. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors.