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Michael Solana
Chief Executive Officer at Pirate Wires
San Francisco, California
Overview
Michael Solana is currently the Vice President at Founders Fund in San Francisco, California, where he oversees investments in sectors such as space, robotics, and biotech. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Pirate Wires and the Chief Marketing Officer at The Founders Fund, showcasing a successful transition from marketing to leadership roles in the venture capital industry.
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2023 - Current
I run this town
Pirate Wires offers newsletters on technology, politics, and culture.
Chief Marketing Officer
2011
robots. spaceships. fusion. curing cancer. ar. vr. 3D printing. neuroscience. nanotech. bio. anything else science fiction IRL-y. brand and community initiatives, focused primarily on the intersection of creative programming and the firm’s network of entrepreneurs, technologists, and professionals. leading initiatives: cs-183, shop talk, anatomy of next, and symposium (f50), the firm’s annual summit.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in companies building revolutionary technologies.
Editor
2008 - 2011
Worked on projects in the fields of philosophy, technology, and humor. Made books. Thought a lot about narrative. Thought a lot about space. (Still think a lot about space) (Still think a lot about narrative, too)
Penguin Group (USA) publishes adult and children trade books in print and online editions.
Volunteer
2009 - 2010
Wrote, organized meetups, battled nitpicky wiki editors, thought a lot about the ocean and building politically autonomous cities on it.
Intern
2008 - 2008
Was buried in a giant slush pile.
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux is a publishing company providing fiction, nonfiction stories, and poetries.
English Teacher
2008 - 2008
Intern
2006 - 2006
Education
BA
2003 - 2007
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