Daryl Hatton leads ConnectionPoint, which produces the award-winning digital fundraising platform FundRazr, the creative community crowdfunding platform Crowdfundr and the health-care crowd-financing platform CoCoPay. Hatton is finance committee chair and a director of the PayPal Giving Fund (Canada), a past director of the National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada and president and CEO of Headwaters Ventures.

BEVERAGE OF CHOICE: Single malt whisky – neat.
BEST HABIT: Listening to my gut instincts.
TOUGHEST CHALLENGE: Learning to successfully compete against industry heavyweights like Facebook who give away your product for free.
BIGGEST LESSON: Trust is given, not earned.