Comments on: Patrick Administration Questions the Case for Changing Noncompetes; Community Reacts http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/07/29/patrick-administration-questions-the-case-for-changing-noncompetes/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Pearl Freier http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/07/29/patrick-administration-questions-the-case-for-changing-noncompetes/comment-page-1/#comment-72726 Pearl Freier Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:44:39 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=35544#comment-72726 If there isn't a bigger lobby in the MA tech community against non-competes, status quo will remain. It sounds like the Patrick administration is hearing only from a small number of people on why non-competes are hurting innovation in Massachusetts. There's plenty of evidence to support why change is needed- but not enough people are coming forward. Look at what happened when word got out that the Zoo may have to close- when Patrick administration announced budget cuts. The public response forced the change in plans. Or perhaps a fair compromise would be to have a bill that limits non-competes to 3 to 6 months. Otherwise the curse of Rte 128 is going to continue to haunt us, and we can continue to follow Michigan's example of how well non-competes work for innovation and growth. And not learn from this. Status quo if we're lucky. That's the best case scenario probably. Just my two cents. If there isn’t a bigger lobby in the MA tech community against non-competes, status quo will remain. It sounds like the Patrick administration is hearing only from a small number of people on why non-competes are hurting innovation in Massachusetts. There’s plenty of evidence to support why change is needed- but not enough people are coming forward.

Look at what happened when word got out that the Zoo may have to close- when Patrick administration announced budget cuts. The public response forced the change in plans.

Or perhaps a fair compromise would be to have a bill that limits non-competes to 3 to 6 months.

Otherwise the curse of Rte 128 is going to continue to haunt us, and we can continue to follow Michigan’s example of how well non-competes work for innovation and growth. And not learn from this.

Status quo if we’re lucky. That’s the best case scenario probably.

Just my two cents.

]]> By: Non-competes and innovation « HighContrast http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/07/29/patrick-administration-questions-the-case-for-changing-noncompetes/comment-page-1/#comment-72655 Non-competes and innovation « HighContrast Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:20:00 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=35544#comment-72655 [...] Non-competes and innovation July 30, 2009 Posted by Simeon Simeonov in Industry News. Tags: innovation, Massachusetts non-competes, non-competes trackback Much has been written about non-competes in MA and whether our tech sector is at a disadvantage compared to CA. The debate is moving slightly forward (and to the side, unfortunately) with recent comments from the state, which Xconomy covers. [...] [...] Non-competes and innovation July 30, 2009 Posted by Simeon Simeonov in Industry News. Tags: innovation, Massachusetts non-competes, non-competes trackback Much has been written about non-competes in MA and whether our tech sector is at a disadvantage compared to CA. The debate is moving slightly forward (and to the side, unfortunately) with recent comments from the state, which Xconomy covers. [...]

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