Pivoting Through Crisis and Democratizing Photography with Rob Eyler
About this episode
Rob Eyler discusses the challenges and innovations in photography during and after the COVID crisis.
In this episode of Working Forward, Jason Cochran sits down with Rob Eyler, CEO and co-founder of Capturely, a photography platform that deploys vetted photographers for professional headshots at scale. Rob shares how he co-founded Capturely in 2019, landed LinkedIn and Facebook as early clients, then watched revenue drop to zero when COVID hit. After two difficult years of pivoting into product photography and video, the team finally launched virtual headshots in 2024, allowing anyone with a phone and a window to get studio-quality headshots in minutes with a real photographer controlling their camera remotely. Rob discusses Capturely's vision to democratize photography by building the world's first agentic AI photographer, where human creatives move up the complexity chain rather than getting replaced. He also shares why vision and communication are the two most important tools for leading through change, how routine check-ins at every level prevent teams from filling silence with fear, and why genuine human connection remains the connective tissue of effective teams, even in fully remote environments. Additional Resources: Connect with Rob on LinkedIn…
More episodes of Working Forward
- Leading in the Gray: Human Wisdom in an AI World with Michael Sneed and John Dugan
- The Entropy Era: AI, Gen Z, and Why Partnership Is the Only Way Forward with Matt Poepsel
- The Psychology of Swag: Quality Signals Value
- The Psychology of Swag: The Unboxing Experience
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Working Forward podcast page.