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Melissa Pierce is an American entrepreneur and documentary filmmaker. As of 2012, she is the Chief Operating Officer of the technofashion startup Everpurse.〔("Everpurse Snaps Up Melissa Pierce, Sets Sights On High Fashion" ), Corey Cummings, December 22, 2012〕 She previously filmed the documentary ''Life in Perpetual Beta'', and runs technology and leadership events. She is based in Chicago, Illinois. == Life and work == Pierce was working as a life coach in 2008 when she began filming ''Life in Perpetual Beta'', a documentary about the changing nature of life and passion in a technological era. The creation process was shared online, and all aspects of the film were crowdsourced: whom to interview, what to ask, how to put together a crew and how to pay for production.〔 She was a frequent speaker about using social media to learn and collaborate directly with an audience.〔(WGN Radio ) interview, May 5, 2011〕〔(Chicago's Tech 50 ), 2013. Crain's, October 2013.〕 She went on to organize further collaborative media projects online, capturing the process of creation. In 2011, she founded #RVSX, an annual mobile art project involving filmmakers and writers taking an RV road-trip to SXSW, and capturing regional events as they travel.〔(Things I learned from following RVSX ), Jenny Weigle.〕 In 2013, Pierce was interviewed as part of the (CNN LIVE EVENT/SPECIAL, South by Southwest Festival Profiled ). Pierce built communities in Chicago around learning to program and to launch companies. In 2012 she started the Pitch Refinery conference, as a way to help new women entrepreneurs practice framing and pitching new ideas.〔(Melissa Pierce interview ), Outlier Magazine. March 2013.〕 She also founded the Chicago Women Developers group, one of the largest such groups in the country.〔(Chicago Women Developers One Year Anniversary ), Forbes.com. May 16, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2013〕〔The (Chicago Women Developers group ) reached 1000 members in 2013. Meetup.com, retrieved October 19, 2013.〕 In December 2012, she joined Everpurse, a fashion startup integrating inductive chargers into daily accessories. They launched their line of purses with a Kickstarter project.〔(Everpurse - magically charge your phone all day )〕 Pierce is currently producing a documentary about Grace Hopper, "Born with Curiosity - The Grace Hopper Story." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melissa Pierce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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