[8] She, Michael Cassidy, and John Barrus won the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition in 1991 for Stylus Innovation, which was acquired by Artisoft in 1996 for $12.8M.

[10] Holly started her career as an undergraduate researcher at the MIT Media Lab, working on the team that created the world's first full-color computer generated reflection hologram.

[7] She is the host of The Art of Manufacturing podcast[15] and served as the founder and president of MAKE IT IN LA,[8] which was launched during her term as Entrepreneur-in-Residence for mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti.

[22][23][24] Holly was named Champion of Free Enterprise by Forbes in 2009[25] and has been recognized by Rolling Stone, Wired, The New York Times, and Entrepreneur.

[26][27][4][5] She has been a contributor to Forbes,[28] The Economist,[29] Bloomberg Businessweek,[30] HuffPost,[31] CNN,[32] NASA ASK,[33] Strategy+Business,[34] World Economic Forum,[35] Science Progress,[36] Innovation Management,[37] and Mountain Bike Magazine.