Zillow laid him off. So John Doherty launched Credo a digital agency matchmaking firm. Exactly 7 years later &#8212; to the day &#8212; he sold the company. 
This is the story of how he built and sold Credo, and how he's building his latest company, EditorNinja, which offers outsourced text editing.
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John Doherty is the founder of <a href="https://getcredo.com/">Credo</a>, which matches digital agencies with clients. After an exit in 2022, he built his professional editing/SEO service <a href="https://editorninja.com/">EditorNinja</a>. When he's not doing that, he disconnects from everything tech and goes skiing.
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#2270 Zillow laid him off, so he started his own company

Zillow laid him off. So John Doherty launched Credo a digital agency matchmaking firm. Exactly 7 years later &#8212; to the day &#8212; he sold the company. This is the story of how he built and sold Credo, and how he's building his latest company, EditorNinja, which offers outsourced text editing. John Doherty is the [&hellip;]