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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 [[Special:MyLanguage/.CLUB|.CLUB]] is to create a space for clubs and associations that may be underserved by current [[Special:MyLanguage/TLD|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.<ref>[http://www.domaininvesting.com/coffee-club-deal-good-parties/ Coffee.CLUB's six-figure sale]</ref><ref>[http://namestat.org/club</ .CLUB Key statistics</ref><ref>[[Special:MyLanguage/ICANN 43|ICANN 43]] Colin Campbell Interview at ICANN 43</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.domaininvesting.com/coffee-club-deal-good-parties/ Coffee.CLUB's six-figure sale]</ref><ref>[http://namestat.org/club</ .CLUB Key statistics</ref><ref>[[ICANN 43]] Colin Campbell Interview at ICANN 43</ref>

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 [[Special:MyLanguage/Tucows|Tucows]] and [[Special:MyLanguage/Hostopia|Hostopia]]. Campbell and his business partners have also co-founded several other companies such as [[Special:MyLanguage/GeeksForLess.com|GeeksForLess.com]], [[Special:MyLanguage/Brisk Mobile|Brisk Mobile]], [[Special:MyLanguage/SharkFin Networks|SharkFin Networks]], [[Special:MyLanguage/EntrepreneurWiki.com|EntrepreneurWiki.com]] and the [[Special:MyLanguage/Digital Archery Experts|Digital Archery Experts]] with [[Special:MyLanguage/Dirk Bhagat|Dirk Bhagat]] and [[Special:MyLanguage/Peter LaMantia|Peter LaMantia]].<ref>[http://www.digitalarcheryexperts.com/aboutus.htm Digital Archery Experts: About Us] </ref> He has also held directorial roles with the [[Special:MyLanguage/CIRA|Canadian Internet Registry Association]] (CIRA), and the [[Special:MyLanguage/CAIP|Canadian Association of Internet Providers]] (CAIP).<ref>[http://colincampbell.ca/ Home, ColinCampbell.ca]</ref>

===Background===

===Background===  

Colin Campbell received a B.A. degree in Commerce from the University of Toronto at Scarborough in 1992.  

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]].<ref>[[ICANN 43 Interview]]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.vision2mobile.com/news/2008/06/deluxe-buys-hostopia-for-more-than-121m.aspx Deluxe Buys Hostopia For More Than 121m, Vision2mobile.com]</ref><ref>[[ICANN 43]] Interview</ref>

Colin Campbell is the Founding Director of [[Special:MyLanguage/CIRA|CIRA]] (1998), and a former Director of [[Special:MyLanguage/CAIP|CAIP]].<ref>[[Special:MyLanguage/ICANN 43 Interview|ICANN 43 Interview]]</ref> He also founded [[Special:MyLanguage/Tucows|Tucows]] in 1998, and founded [[Special:MyLanguage/Hostopia|Hostopia]] in 2000. He acted as Hostopia's CEO until 2011, guiding it through its sale to [[Special:MyLanguage/Deluxe|Deluxe]] in 2008. The sale was a $124 million dollar deal.<ref>[http://www.vision2mobile.com/news/2008/06/deluxe-buys-hostopia-for-more-than-121m.aspx Deluxe Buys Hostopia For More Than 121m, Vision2mobile.com]</ref><ref>[[Special:MyLanguage/ICANN 43|ICANN 43]] Interview</ref>

Mr. Campbell is a member of EO, the Entrepreneurs Organization.<ref>[[ICANN 43]] Interview</ref>

Mr. Campbell is a member of EO, the Entrepreneurs Organization.<ref>[[Special:MyLanguage/ICANN 43|ICANN 43]] Interview</ref>

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. <ref>[http://www.digitalarcheryexperts.com/aboutus.htm Digital Archery Experts: About Us] </ref>  

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. <ref>[http://www.digitalarcheryexperts.com/aboutus.htm Digital Archery Experts: About Us] </ref>  

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.  

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]]==

 

==Interview at [[Special:MyLanguage/ICANN 48|ICANN 48]]==

 

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