Many studies have discussed the influence of age whilst generation, which is intertwined with age, has received little attention. This article explores how the post-1980 and post-1990 generations in China (Generations Y and Z, respectively) have formed entrepreneurial teams and the differences between them given that these two gen-erations account for a large part of the country's entrepreneur population. Survey and objective data were ob-tained from 148 entrepreneurial teams in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai (China). Multigroup structural equation modelling was employed to examine several hypotheses. Our two findings are that entrepreneurial self -efficacy positively mediates the relationship between team heterogeneity and opportunity recognition and that there are significant differences between the post-1980 and post-1990 generations. These findings explain the type of entrepreneurial teams young entrepreneurs should choose and how they can continue to cultivate their talent. This study offers a unified theoretical framework to understand the relationship between entrepreneurs' cognition, entrepreneurial teams, and entrepreneurs' abilities.
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