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non-competes came up the last the Pittsburgh was discussed here. That is certainly a biggie. The state could pass a law and have done with it, but also, start
by dbcurtis 10y ago
non-competes came up the last the Pittsburgh was discussed here. That is certainly a biggie. The state could pass a law and have done with it, but also, startups could be coached to drop non-compete clauses from their hiring offers. And of course, hires could cross that section out before accepting -- and be willing to walk away if that doesn't work.
- rdl 10y agoIt's not usually the startups having non-competes which are the problem -- it's the previous bigco employers of people startups want to hire, or people who want to found startups.
- dbcurtis 10y agoGood point. That needs a legislative solution.
- rdl 10y agoYou might be able to get the big "incumbent" tech employers in a region, specifically in some industries you care about, to voluntarily give up these non-competes from new or existing contracts, in exchange for the benefits of being part of a vibrant startup community. In some industries and markets it might just take a couple companies -- in WA, if Microsoft, Amazon, and a couple others did it, that should be enough. But legislation (or court action) is probably the best solution.