Surely at-will employment is not all it takes to suddenly have lots of successful startups. Otherwise the US would have a more spread-out distribution of startups, instead of the cluster in Silicon Valley.
When you do get interviewed by French TV, I hope you won't pretend like this is a single-cause issue with a simple fix.
California's advantages are existing tech employers, wildly risk taking investors, and above average US workers' rights like banning non compete agreements. The EU has the first, none of the second, and I wouldn't know about the third.
When you do get interviewed by French TV, I hope you won't pretend like this is a single-cause issue with a simple fix.