Colin Campbell
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Colin Campbell is an Internet pioneer, serial entrepreneur, and the founder and current CEO of .CLUB Domains LLC, one of the world’s fastest growing and most successful New gTLD registries.
Campbell’s ongoing vision for .CLUB is to create a space for clubs and associations that may be underserved by current TLD offerings. The market ranges from popular soccer clubs, to after-school clubs in small communities, and could serve as a way to showcase the often prideful affiliation between an individual or company and their club. Campbell has been working on the idea for a number of years, and officially formed the .CLUB Domains entity in September of 2011. Since general availability began in May of 2014, .CLUB has sold over 192,000 domains, including recently sold wine.club and coffee.club, each which sold for six figures.[1][2][3]
Though .CLUB is Campbell’s main venture, he is also widely known for his business involvement in the Internet and domain name sectors for co-founding tech companies Tucows and Hostopia. Campbell and his business partners have also co-founded several other companies such as GeeksForLess.com, Brisk Mobile, SharkFin Networks, EntrepreneurWiki.com and the Digital Archery Experts with Dirk Bhagat and Peter LaMantia.[4] He has also held directorial roles with the Canadian Internet Registry Association (CIRA), and the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP).[5]
Background
Colin Campbell received a B.A. degree in Commerce from the University of Toronto at Scarborough in 1992.
Colin Campbell is the Founding Director of CIRA (1998), and a former Director of CAIP.[6] He also founded Tucows in 1998, and founded Hostopia in 2000. He acted as Hostopia's CEO until 2011, guiding it through its sale to Deluxe in 2008. The sale was a $124 million dollar deal.[7][8]
Mr. Campbell is a member of EO, the Entrepreneurs Organization.[9]
His companies earned several awards and recognition including including the 1997 Profit magazine's 7th fastest growing company in Canada, 2nd fastest growing company in Canada in 1998, #1 fastest growing company and Inc magazine's top 500 fastest growing companies, both received in 2005. [10]
Colin is writing a book titled: Start, Scale, Exit, Repeat! and was a featured speaker at EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program discussing his theories on entrepreneurship.
Interview at ICANN 48
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“柯博尔”（ Colin Campbell）
“柯博尔”（ Colin Campbell） 是一名互联网先锋、连续创业家，还是世界上增长速度最快和最成功的其中一家新通用顶级域注册局——.CLUB顶级域名公司的创始人和现任首席执行官。
柯博尔对.CLUB顶级域名公司始终的愿景是为受到当前不周全的顶级域服务所牵制的俱乐部和协会搭建一个平台。涵盖的市场范围包括从流行的足球俱乐部到小群体间的课后俱乐部，并且可以作为一种用以展示个人或公司与其俱乐部之间存在的自豪感的方式。坎贝尔曾为这个想法酝酿多年，并在2011年9月正式成立了.CLUB顶级域名公司。自2014年5月开放注册以来，.CLUB顶级域名公司已经售出超过17.2万个域名，包括近期售出的“wine.CLUB”和“coffee.CLUB”，而且两个域名的售价都达到了六位数。[11][12] [13]
尽管.CLUB顶级域名公司是柯博尔的主要企业，他还积极参与互联网和域名行业的业务，并且联合创建了广为人知的科技公司Tucows和Hostopia。柯博尔和他的业务伙伴还联合创立了其他几家公司，比如GeeksForLess.com、Brisk Mobile、SharkFin Networks、 EntrepreneurWiki.com，以及和Dirk Bhagat和 Peter LaMantia联合创立的Digital Archery Experts。[14]他还曾在加拿大互联网注册局协会（CIRA）和 加拿大互联网服务提供商协会（CAIP）担任管理职位。[15]
背景
柯博尔于1992年取得了士嘉堡区多伦多大学商务专业的文学士学位。
柯博尔是加拿大互联网注册局协会CIRA（创建于1998年）的创会理事，并且曾担任加拿大互联网服务提供商协会CAIP的董事。[16]他还在1998年创建了Tucows，继而在2000年创建了Hostopia。他担任Hostopia的首席执行官直至2011年，在2008年指导该公司完成向Deluxe的出售，并以1.24亿美元成交。[17][18]
柯博尔是企业家组织（EO）的一名成员。[19]
他的几家公司曾赢得多项奖项和赞誉，包括1997年《利润》杂志（Profit）评出的加拿大增长速度最快公司的第七名、1998年加拿大增长速度最快公司的第二名、在2005年评出的增长速度最快公司的第一名并且名列《企业》杂志（Inc）当年评出的增长速度最快的500家公司。[20]
科林正在着手撰写一本名为《创始、做大、退出、循环》（Start, Scale, Exit, Repeat!）的书，并且在麻省理工学院企业家组织举办的企业家大师项目中作为特邀发言人进行演讲，探讨他的创业理论。
ICANN 48访谈录
References
- ↑ Coffee.CLUB's six-figure sale
- ↑ [http://namestat.org/club</ .CLUB Key statistics
- ↑ ICANN 43 Colin Campbell Interview at ICANN 43
- ↑ Digital Archery Experts: About Us
- ↑ Home, ColinCampbell.ca
- ↑ ICANN 43 Interview
- ↑ Deluxe Buys Hostopia For More Than 121m, Vision2mobile.com
- ↑ ICANN 43 Interview
- ↑ ICANN 43 Interview
- ↑ Digital Archery Experts: About Us
- ↑ http://www.domaininvesting.com/coffee-club-deal-good-parties/
- ↑ http://namestat.org/club
- ↑ ICANN 43 Colin Campbell Interview at ICANN 43
- ↑ Digital Archery Experts: About Us
- ↑ Home, ColinCampbell.ca
- ↑ ICANN第43届会议访谈录
- ↑ Deluxe Buys Hostopia For More Than 121m, Vision2mobile.com
- ↑ ICANN 43 访谈录
- ↑ ICANN 43 Colin Campbell Interview at ICANN 43
- ↑ Digital Archery Experts: About Us