Eric Irish<\/h2>\nWhat do you do for work?<\/b><\/h3>\n
I run a business called CampusSafe<\/a> (campussafeapp.com).\u00a0 We produce a mobile security app that we brand for colleges, universities and grade schools. My title is CEO & Founder, but it\u2019s pretty superfluous at this point. I work from home, so right now my day-to-day consists of a range of tasks. I\u2019ll select a city, research all of the colleges in the area, create a custom mockup of what CampusSafe would look like at their college, and email it out to basically everyone I can find.\u00a0 Since the sales cycle in academia is quite slow, I\u2019ll spend a lot of time emailing or calling contacts to follow up and keep the stone rolling.\u00a0 Some days I\u2019ll spend the whole day coding – tweaking our website, or working on a new feature app-side.\u00a0 It\u2019s nice to break up all of the calling and emailing with some focused coding work, but it has its headaches and challenges as well.<\/p>\n Home will leave the light on for you…<\/p><\/div>\n Working from home is also something I haven\u2019t quite mastered. It\u2019s great to be able to feed my chickens, cook a nice breakfast, and work comfortably.\u00a0 But maintaining focus is sometimes hard when there\u2019s a constant reminder of all the tasks that need doing elsewhere.\u00a0 And since I live in the country, I sometimes yearn for a coffee shop and some company (no commute is hard to beat though)!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joy Ride!<\/p><\/div>\n Now that things are warming up, I\u2019m getting outdoors a lot more, hunting, cycling, and spending time down at the lake. I have an old Corvette that needs a lot of work that I\u2019m glad to do. When it\u2019s in running condition, it makes for a great afternoon cruiser. I\u2019m also big into Country music, and I\u2019m hoping to turn my one-man-band into a little more sometime in the future.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I went to college at RIT as an undergrad in Information Sciences & Technology, and continued on as a graduate student in Business Administration. That being said, I\u2019m a firm believer that anyone with a good work ethic and a heaping helping of curiosity can succeed in this country. While I can be lazy, growing up on a farm taught me how to put in a hard day\u2019s work, and that the tractor with a broken axle needed fixing one way or another: no rest for the weary. My current career happens to be a crossroads of the two degrees I received in college, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to find myself doing something far from both in the future.\u00a0 It\u2019s your ability to learn that defines your career, not the knowledge you\u2019ve acquired. I\u2019ve always been a confident person (as you may have guessed), and I\u2019ve been called arrogant and big-headed. There\u2019s definitely truth in that, but when it comes to confidence, I\u2019d rather have too much than too little.<\/p>\n Ready for business.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Having recently graduated college, I\u2019m proud of my accomplishments and the people there who I can call friends and colleagues. Compared to high school, college is the first time most young people will be carving their own way: no parents or old town friends to get them out of a bind or into a position.\u00a0 It may feel like you\u2019re being put at the bottom of the totem pole again, but you climb, and this one goes higher than the one you may have conquered in high school.<\/p>\n I\u2019m proud that I was able to develop an idea, start a business, and sell it to major universities. Last year when we exhibited CampusSafe at a university festival I had an incredible feeling of pride to see one of my business partners interact with festival-goers with the same passion that I held about my idea.\u00a0 That was a big treat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Like I said before, a good work ethic and some curiosity will be your tool and guide as you move to better society. Don\u2019t feel that you have to stick with the proclamation you made as a 3rd grader that you would grow up and design a better spoon, feel free to do anything you want inside your major or out.<\/p>\n Get involved in a bunch of groups at your college: I was in an a cappella group, I was an RA for three years, I did some photography work, and I was a fellow at my university\u2019s innovation center. You\u2019ll find many different social spheres exist inside the university as a whole, and being able to jump around in them will give you the benefits of the diversity that exists in them.<\/p>\n Falling for this photo….<\/p><\/div>\n Got chaps?!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Corvettes to country music to making campuses safer, Eric Irish continues to impress. \u00a0I’d like to think I taught him everything he knows, but….well…. that would be delusional. \u00a0So, let’s meet this accomplished former student…. Eric Irish What do you do for work? I run a business called CampusSafe (campussafeapp.com).\u00a0 We produce a mobile security app that we … Continue Reading ![\"Home](\"https:\/\/carpecollege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Home-300x200.jpg\")
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How did you prepare for your career\/life so far?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>What are you proud of?<\/b><\/h3>\n
What advice do you have for young(er) people as they prepare to launch themselves into the adult world?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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