Derek
Hall
- Founder
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- Tech Investor
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- CEO Coach
About
My path here wasn't a straight line. I grew up in a Mormon family with lots of siblings, amazing parents, and an ADHD brain that suffered in school but excelled in areas where I was passionate, like golf. I finished high school with a 2.3 GPA, and when I turned 19, came to Brazil for the first time as a missionary, serving my church in the south of the country. It's where my connection to Brazil began.
When I returned to the US, I went to BYU-Hawaii on a golf scholarship and began my career in sports broadcasting as a TV commentator for college basketball. Five years after that first trip, Brazil's internet boom was taking off, and I came back. The media industry felt old-school, and I wanted to build a better fan experience around content and give fans and journalists a voice. That became Torcedores, which grew to 25 million monthly unique visitors before being acquired by Better Collective in 2023.
In 2017, I moved to Silicon Valley and started investing in technology startups - companies like Cameo, Clover Health and Turo. Since then, I've invested in more than 60 companies. I moved back to Brazil during the covid pandemic, and today, I run the leading sports media company in Brazil focused on American sports, invest in startups across the US and Latin America, and coach CEOs.
Highlights
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TORCEDORES
FOUNDER & CEO
Launched in 2013 and grew to 25 million monthly unique visitors before being acquired by Better Collective in 2023.
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CLUTCH MEDIA
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Co-founded in 2024, Clutch Media is Brazil's leading media company focused on American sports.
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INVESTOR & ADVISOR
BACKING FOUNDERS
Since 2017, I've invested in and advised more than 60 startups across the US and Latin America.
Cameo · Carta · ClassPass · Cobli · Clover Health · EasyPost · Flexport · Iorq · Turo · Bolt
Coaching
CEO Coaching
I've seen what works, what doesn't, and how much the person leading the company matters.
My approach brings together the practical and the personal: helping you think clearly, have the hard conversations and build a team you can trust, while working through the fears and habits that can get in your way. The goal is to become a better leader without losing yourself in the process.
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK WITH ME
As CEO, you hold everyone else accountable. But who holds you accountable? Coaching gives you a thinking partner who will challenge your assumptions, tell you what you might not be hearing elsewhere and hold you to the commitments you make.
We work on what's real for you: a difficult decision, tension with a co-founder, a team that depends too much on you, or a conversation you've been putting off. Sometimes that means a practical change in how you run the company. Sometimes it means understanding what's driving your own reaction.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
A coaching session every week, with time to work through your biggest challenges and follow up on the commitments you've made.
Direct access to me anytime via WhatsApp, so you don't have to wait until our next session to bring something up.
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