I've made the "loyalty" mistake before too. I stayed too long at one company, quit and then came back out of some sense of loyalty to the clients and my team. I

I've made the "loyalty" mistake before too. I stayed too long at one company, quit and then came back out of some sense of loyalty to the clients and my team. In the end, I would have been better off leaving as soon as I new it was going sour. My recommendation: 1. Leave now. Give them two week as a final notice and leave. 2. Reach out to your personal and professional network with a clear ask for some freelance introductions to hold you over for a few months. 3. Put the rest of your time into you own idea and build it. 4. Don't worry about non-competes. They're nearly impossible to enforce, and it sounds like these guys won't have the stones to support any kind of legal fight past a stern letter from a cheap lawyer.