Press

Selected media coverage of research and commentary.

2026

• "State agency delays collection of VC diversity data", San Francisco Examiner, April 2026.
• "The Startup Where You Worked Failed. Your Career Should Be Fine", Wall Street Journal, February 2026.

2025

• "New study finds VCs responded to George Floyd's death with 'tokenism'", San Francisco Examiner, August 2025.
• "Venture Capitalist Sues Paypal Over Funding Program for Minority Startups", Wall Street Journal, January 2025.

2024

• "FTC's Noncompete Ban Got Struck Down. What Happens Next?" Bloomberg, August 2024.
• "Could banning noncompetes help close the gender gap?" Politico, April 2024.
• "Hire Power (update)" NPR, April 2024.
• "The U.S. about to ban non-compete completely, freeing up the 'right to choose' for employees?" Sanlian Life Weekly, April 2024.
• "FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements That Restrict Job Switching." Wall Street Journal, April 2024.
• "How the FTC's Noncompete Ban Will Affect Bosses and Workers." Bloomberg, April 2024.
• "The FTC non-compete ruling will narrow the gender gap in entrepreneurship." Fortune (op-ed), April 2024.
• "A Ban on Noncompetes Could Raise Pay — and Complicate Contracts — in Hollywood." Hollywood Reporter, April 2024.
• "FTC Non-Compete Ban Sparks Legal Challenge." The Dispatch, April 2024.

2023

• "More Startups Throw in the Towel, Unable to Raise Money for Their Ideas." The Wall Street Journal, June 2023.
• "How do Noncompetes Affect Jobs and Pay? Ask a Hair Stylist." The Wall Street Journal, February 2023.
• "Many workers barely recall signing noncompete, until they try to change jobs." NPR All Things Considered, January 2023.
• "U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts." New York Times, January 2023.
• "What banning noncompete could mean for the US workforce." Vox, January 2023.
• "The FTC Wants to Outlaw Noncompete Clauses, but Does It Have the Authority?" Reason, January 2023.
• "The End of Non-Compete Agreements?" The Dispatch, January 2023.
• "Noncompete agreements have a chilling effect on women and people of color. Now the FTC may ban them." Bizwomen, January 2023.
• "Unveiling the Prospective Benefits of Outlawing Noncompete for US Workers." Busybody Tribune, January 2023.

2022

• "Black Startups Get Just a Third of the Venture Capital Raised by Peers." Bloomberg, December 2022.
• "You're Asked to Sign a Non-Compete Agreement. Now What?" Built In, March 2022.
• "How the end of non-competition could reshape technology." Newsdesk, January 2022.

2021

• "Hire Power", National Public Radio, October 2021.
• "Noncompete have a chilling effect on women's entrepreneurship." Bizwomen, October 2021.
• "Move Your Ideas from Lab to Market To Maximize Impact", Forbes, August 2021.
• "Removing policy obstacles to competitive labor markets", Brookings.edu, July 2021
• "Should Universities Try to Capture More Value from Their Research?", Knowledge@Wharton, June 2021

2020

• "Non-compete contracts: Potential justifications and the relevant evidence." Brookings.edu, February 2020

2019

• "Firms Favour Academic Insights That Come from Hubs", INSEAD Knowledge, January 2020.
• "Kill science funding and you kill the future tech economy" (op/ed), The Hill, September 2019.
• "Corporate innovations relying more on government funding, study finds", Yahoo Finance, June 2019.
• "Nearly a Third of U.S. Patents Depend on Federal Research: Study," The Fiscal Times, June 2019.
• "Government-funded Research Increasingly Fuels Innovation", Foreign Affairs, June 2019.
• "Spread of non-compete agreements hurts workers and inhibits entrepreneurs," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 2019.
• "The Freedom to Leave" Center for American Progress, January 2019.
• "Spread of non-compete agreements hurts workers and inhibits entrepreneurs." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 2019.

2018

• "Too many workers are trapped by non-competes." Bloomberg, November 2018.
• "'Money and greed': how non-compete clauses force workers to fight for rights." The Guardian, November 2018.
• "Massachusetts gives workers new protections against noncompete clauses." ArsTechnica, August 2018.
• "Massachusetts Legislature (Finally) Passes Non-Compete Law." Jackson Lewis, August 2018.
• "Time to Kill Non-competes." Everett Magazine, May 2018.
• "The Case Against Non-compete Clauses." The Economist, May 2018.
• "Food for thought: When a startup replaces its founder." Fortune, February 2018.
• "Tech workforce expert dives deep on non-compete contracts, offering 4 policy recommendations in new report." Geekwire, February 2018.
• "Fordelene ved å bytte jobb sammen med en venn. [on comobility]" Dagens Naeringsliv, January 2018

2017

• "Why signing a noncompete agreement is bad for you—and the economy." Quartz at Work, December 2017.
• "American Jobs: The Ties That Bind." BBC World Service, November 2017.
• "Non-compete issue resurfaces in Legislature." Worcester Business Journal, November 2017.
• "Will Massachusetts Get Rid of Non-Competes?" Worcester Telegram, November 2017.
• "HUBweek 2017 examines Boston startup culture." The Daily Free Press, October 2017.
• "Start-Ups and Old Guard Spar Across US on Noncompete Pacts." New York Times, July 2017.
• "Noncompete Pacts, Under Siege, Find Haven in Idaho." New York Times, July 2017.
• "How Noncompete Clauses Keep Workers Locked In." New York Times, May 2017.
• "Noncompete agreements spread, cutting off the right to a new job." Seattle Times, May 2017.
• "Why the battle over hiring rival employees could be the next big thing." Business Insider, January 2017.

2016

• "Restricting Employment Restrictions." Yale News, October 2016.
• "Startups, venture investors frustrated as 'noncompete' deal evaporates." Boston Globe, Aug 2016.
• "States move to keep noncompete agreements from shackling workers to jobs." Christian Science Monitor, July 2016.
• "Why states like Massachusetts are trying to curb noncompete pacts." Boston.com, June 2016.
• "To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete Pacts." New York Times, June 2016.
• "Other states join Hawaii in banning noncompete agreements." Honolulu Star-Advertiser, June 2016.
• "Why Noncompete May Do More Harm Than Good." Forbes, May 2016.
• "Friends that change jobs together make more money." MarketWatch, April 2016.
• "This is the Year Boston Eradicates Noncompete." BostInno, February 2016.
• "That Seemingly Harmless Paper You Signed When You Were Hired ..." AlterNet, Feb 2016.

2015

• "Your Startup Should Try a Switchback Strategy." Xconomy, December 2015.
• "Switchback: The Startup Strategy That Might Be Right for You." Business News Daily, November 2015.
• "Shooting for Start-up Success? Take a Detour." Forbes, October 2015.
• "Are noncompete agreements hurting tech innovation?" Fortune, July 2015.
• "State holds hearing on non-compete pacts." Boston Herald, June 2015.
• "Ban Noncompetes. Do it now." Slate, June 2015.
• "Non-compete clauses contribute to Michigan brain drain." Michigan Radio, March 2015.
• "Silicon Valley is the world's innovation capital because of a technicality." Bloomberg Business, March 2015.
• "Why non-compete agreements are not always good for business." INSEAD Knowledge, March 2015.
• "Workers fight back against non-compete agreements." The Detroit News, January 2015.
• "Quit Jimmy John's? Forget about working for a competitor." STLtoday.com, January 2015.

2014

• "Are California and Minnesota the two most innovation-friendly states?" Washington Post, November 2014.
• "Employers increasingly strive to keep workers happy." Boston Globe, November 2014.
• "Are noncompetes a barrier to growth?" MBiz, November 2014.
• "How Companies Kill Their Employees' Job Searches." The Atlantic, October 2014.
• "Pardon the Disruption." The Economist, September 2014.
• "Why Disrupters Don't Always Topple Goliaths." Inc., August 2014
• "Taking a Wait-and-see Approach with Disruptive Innovation." TechCrunch, August 2014
• "Uncertain Fate of Non-competes in Massachusetts: Senate Passes Compromise; Legislation Heads to Conference Committee Negotiations." National Law Review, July 2014.
• "MA won't change noncompete law, VCs pledge to continue campaign." Xconomy, July 2014.
• "Noncompete Clauses Increasingly Pop Up in Array of Jobs." New York Times, June 2014.
• "Noncompetes out of control." Boston Herald, June 2014.
• "More noncompetes in business." El Paso Inc., June 2014.
• "One reason you haven't heard yet for why non-competes must go." BetaBoston, June 2014.
• "Tactics put the spotlight on noncompete clauses." Boston Globe, May 2014.
• "Dozens of tech CEOs ask lawmakers to ban noncompetes." BetaBoston, May 2014.
• "Time to ditch non-competes agreements to increase entrepreneurial talent, investor says." GeekWire, May 2014.
• "Amid push to ban noncompetes, a look at which Boston tech firms do and don't have them." BetaBoston, May 2014.
• "Boston's Tech Community Responds to Gov. Patrick's Plan to Ban Non-Competes." BostInno, April 2014.
• "Time to get rid of 'noncompete' agreements." Boston Globe, April 2014.
• "Scientific Proof Competition is Good for Business." Inc. Magazine, April 2014.
• "Are noncompete agreements (finally) on the way out in Mass.?" BetaBoston, April 2014.

2013

• "Mental Borders." Slate, October 2013.
• "Non-compete Agreements Troubling." Worcester Telegram, September 2013.
• "Cambridge firm is fertile ground for entrepreneurs." Boston Globe, September 2013.
• "In bid to keep entrepreneurs, Massachusetts moves to ban non-competes." Gigaom, September 2013.
• "Companies Loosen the Handcuffs on Non-competes." Wall Street Journal, August 2013.
• "State judges take increasingly dim view of non-compete agreements." Boston Business Journal, August 2013.
• "Non-compete agreements getting harder to enforce." Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, August 2013
• "The spreading sclerosis of the non-compete agreement." Quartz, July 2013.
• "Mapping Knowledge." Pacific Standard, July 2013.

2012

• "Set the Creators Free." Wired Magazine, December 2012.

2011

• "Marblehead state rep eyes non-compete agreements." Marblehead Reporter, 14 December 2011.
• "Non-compete Laws Stifling Mass. High Tech Industry." RadioBoston, WBUR, 29 November 2011.
• "Non-compete agreements carry high costs for engineers." IEEE Spectrum, 18 October 2011.
• "Non-compete agreements create 'career detours'" MIT News, 5 October 2011.
• "[Governor] Patrick Threatens Enforcement Ban on Non-competes." Boston Business Journal, 16 September 2011.
• "Want Your Innovators to Leave? Make Them Sign a Non-compete" CBS Bnet, 21 July 2011.
• "Non-compete Clauses Stifling to Innovation in Mass." Boston Globe, 3 July 2011.

2010

• "Stop Enforcing Non-Competes." Inc. Magazine, 1 July 2010.

2009

• "Industry veterans share their dealings with non-compete agreements." Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, 7 October 2009.
• "Non-compete agreements hinder job switchers." Wall Street Journal / FINS, 10 August 2009.
• "Non-compete clause changes are in the air again." Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, 31 July 2009.
• "Clause for Concern." Boston Globe, 10 July 2009.
• "Start-ups stifled by non-competes." Boston Globe, 21 June 2009.
• "I signed a non-compete, but now I want a new job." CNNMoney, 8 April 2009.
• "'Til lawsuits do us part." IEEE Spectrum, April 2009.

2008

• "Non-compete pact called bad for innovation." PC World, 20 June 2008.