Colin Campbell (entrepreneur)

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Colin C. Campbell
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Colin C. Campbell in May 2015
Nationality Canadian
Education University of Toronto
Occupation(s)Cofounder– Internet Direct, Hostopia, Tucows, .Club Domains, Paw.com, Startup.club
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Colin C. Campbell is a Canadian entrepreneur and author who has co-founded several Internet and technology startup companies, including Internet Direct, Tucows, Hostopia, [1] Paw.com, GeeksforLess.com, .Club Domains LLC, the operator of .club, and Startup Club.

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Career

Campbell giving a lecture on entrepreneurship in Beijing in 2015 Colin Campbell BFSU.jpg
Campbell giving a lecture on entrepreneurship in Beijing in 2015

Campbell has co-founded several Internet and technology companies, including Internet Direct, the domain registrar Tucows, and Hostopia, a website hosting and service provider sold to Deluxe. [2] [3] Campbell is a founding member of .CA, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and served on its board of directors from June 2001 to January 2003. [4]

Campbell was the founder and CEO of the domain name registry .Club Domains LLC, which operates the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) string .club. [5] [6] and sold the company to GoDaddy Registry in 2021. He formed .Club Domains with idea that the .club domain extension could appeal to commercial and social uses. [3] After being invited to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a guest speaker on the topic of entrepreneurship, Campbell received $100,000 in investments funding for .club from an investor who witnessed his speech. [7] In May 2015, Campbell was invited to give the keynote speech on entrepreneurship in China at Solbridge International School of Business at the Beijing Foreign Studies University. [8]

In 2023, Forbes Books published Cambell's book Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. [9]

The book earned a 2024 Silver International Book Publishers Award, [10] 2024 Best New NonFiction at International Book Awards, [11] and won in the Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business category at the American Legacy Book Awards 2024. [12]

Personal life and recognition

Originally from Toronto, Campbell graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in commerce; he later moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. [3] His work has been recognized by Profit magazine, which named his companies the seventh-, third– and first-fastest growing in Canada in 1997, [13] 1998, [14] and 2005, [15] respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "Hostopia.com". Hostopia.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Cyger, Michael (January 6, 2014). ".Club: 1 Million Registrations by Year 1, 5 Million by Year 5 – With Colin Campbell and Jeff Sass". DomainSherpa. Retrieved August 28, 2015. Note: See section "About Colin Campbell and Jeff Sass".
  3. 1 2 3 Spence, Rick (November 17, 2014). "From Glee.club to Fight.club: Why one word may be worth millions on the Internet". Financial Post. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Colin Campbell, Hostopia.Com Inc: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ↑ Allemann, Andrew (December 18, 2014). ".Club raising more money, valued at $25.4 million". Domain Name Wire. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Club or Bar... We've Got Your Perfect Domain Name for Great Online Marketing". Reuters. March 31, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ C. Campbell, Colin (March 9, 2015). "Well-funded competitors, a dream, and LinkedIn: How I raised $7 million in 30 days for my startup". StartUp Beat. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "互联网创业家柯博尔办讲座，感染北外学子". MSN. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ "New Book from Startup Expert Colin Campbell Tells Entrepreneurs How to Start. Scale. Rinse. Repeat!". www.dnjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  10. ↑ "2024 WINNERS - BUSINESS & CAREER" . Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "AMERICAN BOOK FEST™ ANNOUNCES WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS™" . Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Congratulations to all of the Winners & Finalists of the 2024 American Legacy Book Awards!" . Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "TUCOWS Interactive Ltd. Named as Second Fastest-Growing Technology Company" . Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "TUCOWS Interactive Limited places in the Top 10 of the Profit 100 Second Year in a row" . Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "Hostopia Earns Top Spot in PROFIT Magazine's List of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies" . Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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