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title: "Prerna Gupta - Founder & CEO in San Francisco Bay Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Prerna Gupta, Founder & CEO, Hooked based in San Francisco Bay Area."
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# Prerna Gupta on Tal

## Headline

Founder & CEO, Hooked

## Location

San Francisco Bay Area

## Work experience

Founder & CEO at HOOKED, Jan 2015 \- Present · 11 yrs 6 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, Hooked is a storytelling platform designed for social feeds\. We invented the award\-winning chat fiction format, which has convinced hundreds of millions of teens to read fiction on their phones\.

Board of Directors at Smule, Inc\., Dec 2011 \- May 2018 · 6 yrs 6 mos, San Francisco, CA

Chief Product Officer at Smule, Inc\., Dec 2011 \- Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo, San Francisco, CA

Founder & CEO at Khush Inc\. \(Acquired by Smule\), May 2009 \- Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Founder & CEO at Yaari Inc\., Jun 2005 \- May 2009 · 4 yrs

Associate at Summit Partners, 2005 \- 2005 · Less than a year

## Education

BA, Economics, Stanford University

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