Meer, Elana2023-05-222023-05-222019-10-072019-10-08https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1156For latest version: please go to https://academicentrepreneurship.pubpub.org/pub/jsarhqw5/release/2 Entrepreneurs face a host of innate biases that inhibit their ability to make optimal and objective decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Biases include overconfidence bias, illusion of control bias, anchoring and adjustment bias, confirmation bias, curse of knowledge bias, and optimism bias. Through awareness, collaboration and inquiry, open discussion, and the deliberate challenging of consensus, entrepreneurs can mitigate these innate biases.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsInnate BiasesBook Chapter