How To Look Awesome On Zoom With Aidan Fitzpatrick (+ Camo)

Now we’re all working from home a lot more it’s important to give a great first impression.

You set the lighting, checked your background but... have you ever wondered why your laptop camera is such bad quality? Grainy, right? Well now there is a pretty awesome solution.

The full title of this episode is How To Look Awesome On ZOOM, SKYPE, TEAMS, LOOM, SLACK, YOUTUBE,  GOOGLE MEET, WEBINARS, FACEBOOK LIVE , DISCORD , FACETIME... With Your iPhone!

Aidan Fitzpatrick is an award-winning tech entrepreneur and investor based in London. 

In Summer 2020 his company Reincubate developed and released a revolutionary new app called Camo – which turns your iPhone into a state-of-the-art webcam.

He started his professional journey as a software engineer and over the last 20 years has co-founded multiple startups and played an influential role in a number of successful companies.

He’s been UK president of the Entrepreneur’s Organization – helping businesses and startups develop and in 2008 he founded his app data company Reincubate building technology to access data from apps and app platforms.

According to The Wall Street Journal, laptop cameras in 2020 are worse than 2010 models. Camo solves this problem, and then some – by enabling you to use your powerful iPhone or iPad camera as a hugely customisable webcam.

Prepare to blow your Zoom buddies away!

In this episode you'll discover:

How he became an accidental entrepreneur

His process for creating software

How the UK lockdown made him see an opportunity

How the Camo upgrades the quality of your video

New & upcoming features for Camo

How to validate a software product

How designers, twitter influencers, tech CEOs and investors helped grow the app

The story behind his company

Why an iPhone 6 is better than most webcams 

How Camo is helping influencers, preachers, sales people and fitness trainers

How to use different lenses

How old iPads & iPhones become awesome webcams

How Aidan's first product turned his company into a $1m business - accidentally

Why this led to winning the Queen's Awards for Enterprise, twice

Why he thinks virtual backgrounds are ‘low-trust’

Why he thinks Zoom still has a way to go

Why he thinks we’re at ‘Day 1' with video

The apps that help him run his life

The concept of 'luxury software'

Why lifting weights is a great form of meditation!