re: Say there's no non-compete clause...

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Judges are not big fans of no compete clauses by rule of law. You could probably just go to court if necessary and it was worth it.

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Sounds like solid internet legal advice. How many non-competes have you litigated in OPs jurisdiction?

Good luck. A lot of companies do back down when you threaten to get an attorney involved

Your current employer is going to sue you regardless, so go ahead and hire a lawyer now.

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Theoretically though, when you are meeting with them and they theoretically know you are A+, how do you subtly ease them into it? I mean, you wouldn't want to time it wrong and have flags set off. You can trust some, but not all.

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if you don’t already know the answer, you aren’t in a position to move em where you want em.

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Agree. Theoretically though, when you are meeting with them and they theoretically know you are A+, how do you subtly ease them into it? I mean, you wouldn't want to time it wrong and have flags set off.

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Bring a temp business partner. Let them do the "negotiating"

I am going to tell you this from experience. You can have a no compete lifted and you are able to open your own shop. That language will probably be lifted. You also more than likely have a non raiding, non piracy clause and I had t head those going anywhere. That is using proprietary information of your former employer against them.

Courts do not look favorably on stealing customers. They look fondly into having an opportunity to make a living and don’t like non competes but that is not the same as them looking fondly on stealing customers. Furthermore should company sue you even with no claim it can’t rag out for years to the tune of $100k’s.

For the record I’ve been through it all and didn’t even solicit a customer and actively turned them away but lawyers are expensive.

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It’s a right to work state and if challenged that non compete will get shite on.

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incorrect

Throw it out there in discussions with the client that you may be moving on soon then let them drive the conversation.


My dad had no interest in starting his own business but was getting told by his clients “If you move on, I’d like you to keep handling my account.”


He retired outright instead but he could have had a core group of clients follow him if he did so.

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That is completely dependent on the language of the non-compete and the jurisdiction it is in. Companies used to put together very sloppy non-competes but all of the actions that you talk about have changed a lot of that

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if you signed a non compete thst meets the standard in La you will be held to it. The biggest screw up as I recall is La requires a detailed description of geographic area. Many companies with little experience in La don’t meet the standard. I had a buddy that was released from his because of the word counties used versus parish. Obviously a someone was looking to overturn thst, and as I recall there was very little time left

It would depend on the kind of work you do and if you plan to provide the exact same service as your current employer, or a complimentary service.

If you provide services that occur once a year, I'd approach the most trusted contacts you know at clients whose work has just been completed, and who you think may be paying too much for the service. Don't get greedy. Pick 5 of varying amounts of revenue that total what you'd need to survive during the first year or two as you run through your other contacts and network to grow once you're out. The more you approach while still employed, the more likely it will get out.