[Noah930]

Also, note that the ability to enforce (the enforceability of?) non-compete clauses varies from state-to-state. At least it does in the world of medicine. VA law and AZ law may be different than whatever advice we're giving you, here. And, at least in contracts that I've gone through in my personal jobsearches, non-competes would have varied depending on whether I would hypothetically get released by the employer (fired), versus were I the one to be initiating the split (quit).