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If a city/state wants to be a startup it better demolish any semblance of noncompete agreements against employees. This is an often overlooked feature of Calif
by matt_wulfeck 10y ago
If a city/state wants to be a startup it better demolish any semblance of noncompete agreements against employees.
This is an often overlooked feature of California. Skills and talent flowing freely between companies is a benefit to the entire ecosystem and something California did right very early on.
- ghaff 10y agoWhile it's great that California basically doesn't have noncompetes, I'm skeptical that there is such a bright line relationship between the number of startup companies/amount of VC money in California and this fact. Massachusetts has, unfortunately, not been able to change the law in large part because of lobbying by some big employers yet does pretty well on the tech company creation front. (Less than CA but across a broader scope of businesses.) But, if lack of non-competes are such a big deal, maybe Hawaii will become a tech hub, (Mostly :-))