| The founder of the B2B search engine Masterseek.com is a Danish entrepreneur known as Rasmus Refer (born January 18, 1970 in Copenhagen, Denmark).
Rasmus Refer is also well known in the IT community as an early leading developer of advanced web-crawler software used to collect and index data from the Internet, making possible a variety of business-to-business applications, which are now being commercialized.
Rasmus Refer is a leading board member and seminal investor in a variety of IT businesses beyond the flagship Masterseek platform, including several international online newspapers such as the U.S. Business Times, U.S. Stock Post and NYL Times.
The education and early career of Rasmus Refer focused on information management and marketing development. Rasmus Refer specialized in e-commerce, he was provided with early break in the technology world when he find some tips from a leading technology guru, who soon appreciated and capitalized on his unique vision, talent for customer service, and problem-solving abilities. In order to maintain his vision of quality and service in a better way, Rasmus Refer started developing his own enterprise, finally reaching the public’s attention with the launch of his Masterseek.com search engine in 2000.
Masterseek was founded in 1999 and since under development and beta testing until 2005 where it was soft launched based on limited data. Today Masterseek has a solid foundation and is a true global B2B search engine containing information on 78 million companies worldwide.
Masterseek innovative business search technologies connect millions of business people around the world with information every day. Masterseek new target advertising program MasterAds, provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users.
According to Rasmus Refer, the key to his entrepreneurial success in the highly-mobile world of business technology has been his energy and willingness to motivate staff, and his ability to meet clients’ needs through quality service. Rasmus Refer has received several industry awards and recognitions for his contributions in the B2B IT space.
According to Rasmus Refer the first key is to realize that successes will not just happen, it is up to you to make it happen. Successful people claim to be in control. They refuse to be victims. They accept responsibility for the results their business achieves and take the blame themselves if things go wrong. When we are in control we can choose what to do. We can’t always control the situation but there are two things we can control – our attitude and our skills. We can get stronger, we can get smarter, and we can get better at all the skills we need to run our business. We can take charge of ourselves and our business and change the results we are achieving.
For more information about Rasmus Refer: e-mail: rasmus@refer.dk
web: www.refer.dk |
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