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Don't Believe Your Own Bullsh*t
Watch on YouTube ↗How a Hustle & Grind Mentality is Key to Growth
Watch on YouTube ↗First seen on the TechTO stage in 2015. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Darrell ↗
In their words
You can raise more money, you can hire more people, you can do all these things — but time is the only finite resource that you have when you're building the company.
If you don't have problems and you're on easy street, your company is cruising, then you're simply not pushing hard enough.
If there's an idea to move something forward, do it now. Do it right now. Send that email, make that call, walk over to that person — move things forward.
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
Who is Darrell Heaps?
The founder of Q4 Inc., a Toronto company whose software runs investor relations for public companies. He founded it in 2006, was CEO until September 2025, and is now Q4's chairman and chief strategy officer.
What is Darrell Heaps's current role?
Chairman and chief strategy officer of Q4 Inc. He handed the CEO job to Lewis Black in September 2025, after leading Q4 through its 2021 TSX IPO and its 2024 take-private by Sumeru Equity Partners.
What did Darrell Heaps do before Q4?
He told the TechTO stage in 2015 that he studied computer science and business at York University, started his first company while still in school and sold it in the late 1990s, then ran a second company whose failure — a lesson in partner alignment — surfaced the market insight behind Q4.
How many times has Darrell Heaps spoken at TechTO?
Twice: 'Don't Believe Your Own Bullsh*t' in August 2015 and 'How a Hustle & Grind Mentality is Key to Growth' in May 2017.