How do founder social identities and the entrepreneurial orientation of a new venture combine to explain the latter’s financial performance? To address this crucial yet unanswered question, we take a set-theoretic approach based on fsQCA and analyze a sample of 492 entrepreneurs from seven countries. We reveal nine configurations predicting either high or low financial performance that offer unique insights into the multitude of pathways founders can take to succeed and an integrated overview showing the nuances and variety of the entrepreneurship phenomenon.