A group of Seattle geeks, entrepreneurs, and investors were brainstorming ways to continue adding value to the Seattle community. We wanted to create a series of meetups with an intimate group of founders and builders to discuss relevant topics in technology and entrepreneurship, connect with new people and companies, and share knowledge.

The first of these events will feature Dave McClure, startup advisor, community builder and seed investor. Dave has a great pitch entitled "Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR!" - which provides a framework for cutting through the noise, helping startups understand which metrics matter and using data to listen to customers, iterate on the product and build something users can't live without. 

Join us for conversation and a 45 minute talk with Dave on July 6 at SEOmoz.

This is an invitation-only event. The food and beverage is sponsored by Ignition Partners, so why charge? Because we want you to show up and we figure a small cash commitment is a good hook. And because every penny of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Vittana.

Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for over twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, and internet marketing nerd. In 2009 Dave managed a $2M seed investment program for Founders Fund called FF Angel, and ran the 2009 fbFund REV incubator program on behalf of Facebook, Accel Partners, & Founders Fund.

Dave's passion is helping startups with marketing, product strategy, and startup metrics, and he has been an advisor or investor for over 60 companies in the past six years including: Mint.com (acquired by Intuit), CreditKarma,KissMetrics, Mashery, Simply Hired, SlideShare, TeachStreet, and Twilio. 

Dave is the co-founder of Startup2Startup & Finance4Founders, monthly dinner meetings for Silicon Valley startup entrepreneurs & investors.  He leads a travel group called GeeksOnaPlane to promote cultural exchange & education for tech entrepreneurs around the world.  Dave also supports the StartupVisa program to reform & improve US immigration policy for entrepreneurs.

Dave has been a conference organizer for many tech and startup events including STARTonomics, Graphing Social Patterns, and Web 2.0 Expo, and has been a guest lecturer on social network platforms & applications at Stanford University.  Dave has been a boardmember for microfinance accelerator Unitus, an advisor to microfinance lender Kiva.org, and co-founded the Silicon Valley Microfinance Network.

Previously Dave launched and ran marketing for job search engine Simply Hired, and its evil twin SimplyFired.com.  From 2001 to 2004, Dave worked atPayPal (acquired by eBay in 2002) as Director of Marketing, where he started the PayPal Developer Network program. Prior to PayPal, Dave was a database consultant & programmer for several companies, including Microsoft and Intel. In 1994 he founded Aslan Computing, an internet & e-commerce consulting group later acquired by Servinet / Panurgy in 1998.