Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en...
by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:59PM
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> Which is why Silicon Valley is in California
It is absolutely why Silicon Valley is in California. As someone who lives in a state where non-competes and non-solicits are strongly enforced, they completely stifle new company formations. Just look at the "founding" of Silicon Valley with Fairchild Semiconductor, the "traitorous eight", and Intel. Those stories would be impossible with enforced non-competes and enforced non-solicits.
It is absolutely why Silicon Valley is in California. As someone who lives in a state where non-competes and non-solicits are strongly enforced, they completely stifle new company formations. Just look at the "founding" of Silicon Valley with Fairchild Semiconductor, the "traitorous eight", and Intel. Those stories would be impossible with enforced non-competes and enforced non-solicits.