Reply To: Non–compete agreement—can I still get work?

[Anonymous]

If you trust your business partner, then resign your position. Whatever money you put into the business claim that it was a loan. Have your friend (boss) hire you, then at the end of a 1.5 year trial period he can “promote you to equal partner status.

Your name is on the non-compete, not your friends and non-compete doesn’t mean you can’t work for a competitor.