Laura Holmes

Founder of @wanderlystories. Founder of @GrasshopperApp. Formerly @Google. Sharing my journey at Hapa. Builder. 🐈 lady. Mom.

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

In awe of my friend @zachforkansas - to have the optimism and will power to run for office in this crazy time. Zach is the kind of person you want to be running more things, but most people with his level of pragmatism and heart don’t usually get into politics. Gooooo Zach!!

[Zach for Kansas @zachforkansas]

I’m Zach Maier, and I’m running for the Kansas Legislature to represent the families of Shawnee and Lake Quivira. If you don’t know me, a few facts to get started: I’m a proud dad, a small business owner, a Kansas farm kid, and a K-State engineer.

[youdeservesomeart @youdeserve_art]

there are secrets in the hills of Oakland

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

If Google cared about this market, they would have thought about these problems *before* the launch, like I do at @wanderlystories. Wanderly is a one-woman business, so this was not a resource problem. They clearly don't care.

Examples and more: https://t.co/PsPvJnsGmb

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

I'm offended by Google Gemini's Storybook feature... and you should be too. IMHO, it never should have launched.

Here are the 5 most irresponsible things about Gemini’s Storybook: 🧵

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

#5 - Storybook is in an uncontrolled environment: Gemini assumes that all users of Storybook are parents, but if a child were to use it independently, it could go sideways quickly.

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

@gladstein Thanks for sharing! 🙏 reading right now

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

@levelsio Here’s a thoughtful essay about home ownership if anyone wants to go deep: https://t.co/nMsBiG1zMp

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

My youngest just found a new quiet time attack vector: taking her water bottle to rehydrate her tempura paint art to "redecorate" 😆😱🎨

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

So um… chatGPT just told me to found a cult? 😅

[Sam Altman @sama]

we updated GPT-4o today! improved both intelligence and personality.

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

@nickbaum Yes! It’s been too long :) I’ll ping you next week to find a time. Hope you have a great weekend!

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

I spent the last 3 months building for passion; my own and my daughters'. The results are paying off! My daughters love this new version of Wanderly - my youngest requests it every night!

Latest newsletter is all about what I built, why, and what it enables me to do next :)

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

https://t.co/T7fgtRzApJ

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

@wmginsberg @saranormous @mvernal Thanks for the @! I have so many thoughts here, so @saranormous let me know if you want to hop on a call sometime. I’m not raising or anything, just bootstrapping and having fun talking about it 😊

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

I didn't find the magical recipe for PMF this season, but I learned a LOT and I'm returning to product development armed with a lot of new tactics and information. I'm excited about what I'm going to build.

Wishing you all a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025! ❤️

[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

Google taught me a lot of things, but it did NOT teach me how to be an entrepreneur.

In fact, it taught me a lot of entrepreneurial anti-patterns.

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[Laura Holmes @fearofpoets]

Google also relies a lot on PR; top-tier PR.

Thankfully, I was able to leverage influencers and @socialcathq to find awesome influencers for just a free @wanderlystories book! The ROI on these assets was amazing! 🤩