Aaron Rasmussen

Aaron Rasmussen
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBoston University
Websiteaaronrasmussen.com

Aaron Rasmussen is an American CEO and game designer. He is a co-founder of MasterClass,[1] an online education platform, USMechatronics and Harcos Laboratories[2] and the founder of Outlier.org,[3] a college level education platform that offers online college courses. In 2012, he and co-creator Michael T. Astolfi created and crowdfunded BlindSide,[4][5] a survival/horror adventure game, which was a finalist at IndieCade 2012.[6] In 2005, while a student at Boston University, he invented a robotic sentry gun.[7]

  1. ^ "Q&A With Aaron Rasmussen & David Rogier, Founders of MasterClass". 6 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Wonacott Communications - Public Relations and Integrated Communications". wonacottpr.com.
  3. ^ "MasterClass founder launches Outlier, offering online courses for college credit". TechCrunch. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  4. ^ Schreier, Jason. "Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Brings Risky Game Ideas To Life". Wired.
  5. ^ "Blindside, a new "3D audio-only adventure game" for iOS / Boing Boing". boingboing.net. 24 May 2012.
  6. ^ "IndieCade 2012 Nominees :: IndieCade - International Festival of Independent Games". www.indiecade.com.
  7. ^ "Sentry gun sees, computes and shoots - BU Today - Boston University".