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<h1 id="bo-hero" class="h-display-lg">Better Operations Create Better Businesses.</h1>
<p class="lead">Revenue can grow while margins tighten, processes multiply, teams get harder to manage, and the founder somehow ends up with more on their plate.</p>
<div class="prose"><p class="body-ink">That doesn’t always mean the business needs more sales.</p><p>Sometimes it needs a closer look at where the money, time, people, and decisions are going.</p><p>My teams and I find the friction, determine what is actually creating it, and make the business easier to operate as it grows.</p></div>
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<pre class="code-pre"><span class="ln"><span class="p">$</span> <span class="k">find</span> the friction</span><span class="ln"><span class="n">→</span> time</span><span class="ln"><span class="n">→</span> margin</span><span class="ln"><span class="n">→</span> visibility</span><span class="ln"><span class="n">→</span> unnecessary founder attention</span><span class="ln"><span class="p">$</span> <span class="k">prioritise</span> the fixes</span><span class="ln"><span class="s">✓</span> what deserves attention first</span><span class="ln"><span class="s">✓</span> what can wait</span><span class="ln"><span class="p">$</span> <span class="k">make</span> it lighter<span class="cursor"></span></span></pre></div>
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<div class="prose"><p>Growth changes what a business asks of its systems, people, and processes.</p><p class="body-ink">We look at where the company has become more complicated than it needs to be and what can make it work better.</p></div>
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<article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_01</span><h3>1. Find the Friction</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">The Business Diagnostic examines cost, process, team structure, reporting, technology, and AI leverage.</p><p>We look for where the business is losing time, margin, visibility, or unnecessary founder attention.</p></div></article><article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_02</span><h3>2. Prioritise the Fixes</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">You receive a scored roadmap showing what deserves attention first, what can wait, and what improvement should actually look like.</p><p>Not every inefficiency deserves a project.</p></div></article><article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_03</span><h3>3. Make It Lighter</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">When execution makes sense, the 90-Day Optimisation Sprint turns the roadmap into changes inside the business.</p><p>That can mean rebuilding processes, improving reporting, deploying useful automation, reviewing the vendor stack, clarifying ownership, or removing work that no longer needs to exist.</p><p>It’s the same operating discipline I apply across my current ventures.</p></div></article>
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<div class="reveal"><div class="faq"><details open><summary>How is business optimisation different from hiring a fractional COO?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Business optimisation is a defined diagnostic and improvement engagement.</p><p>A fractional COO takes ongoing ownership of an operating function. If the diagnostic shows that the business needs continuing operational leadership rather than a focused optimisation sprint, we can discuss whether a fractional role makes more sense.</p></div></details><details><summary>Will AI automation replace my staff?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>That is not the assumption.</p><p>We look for work that is repetitive, manual, slow, or unnecessarily dependent on people before deciding whether AI or another form of automation belongs there.</p><p>Sometimes technology is the answer. Sometimes the process itself needs to change first.</p></div></details><details><summary>My business is small. Is optimisation premature?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Not necessarily.</p><p>Optimisation becomes useful when operational friction is affecting margin, time, customer experience, decision-making, or the founder’s ability to focus.</p><p>Company size alone does not determine that.</p></div></details><details><summary>What do you need from me to start?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Enough access to understand how the business actually operates.</p><p>Depending on the diagnostic, that can include financial information, software and vendor costs, team structure, existing processes, reporting, and conversations with the people closest to the work.</p></div></details></div></div>
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<p>You don’t need eight disconnected recommendations.</p>
<p style="color:var(--on-dark)">You need to understand which decision affects the next one.</p>
<p>That’s why this service follows the same diagnostic-first approach as my broader consulting work.</p>
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<article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_01</span><h3>1. Diagnose</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">We review the planned or existing business structure against the industry, ownership, operating markets, revenue model, and growth plans.</p><p>If the company already exists, we look at what is working before suggesting that anything change.</p></div></article><article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_02</span><h3>2. Map the Setup</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">You receive a prioritized roadmap covering the relevant entity, state, licensing, banking, ownership, and administrative considerations in sequence.</p><p>You know what comes first and what can wait.</p></div></article><article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_03</span><h3>3. Set It Up</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">If you want help moving through the roadmap, a setup sprint takes the business through the practical steps with the appropriate specialists involved where needed.</p></div></article>
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<p>Where a decision requires formal legal, tax, or accounting advice, we coordinate with your existing professionals or help bring the right qualified advisor into the conversation.</p>
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<p class="body-ink">Suddenly, a decision made in an afternoon is still sitting in the middle of the business years later.</p>
<p>My perspective comes from operating companies across different industries and markets, not simply helping someone complete a filing.</p>
<p class="body-ink">The beginning deserves more thought than it usually gets.</p>
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<div class="reveal"><div class="faq"><details open><summary>Is Delaware always the right answer?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>No.</p><p>Delaware can make sense for certain companies, particularly depending on financing, ownership, and future plans, but it isn’t automatically the best choice for every founder.</p><p>Your operating location, business model, ownership, costs, compliance obligations, and plans should all be considered before deciding where to form.</p></div></details><details><summary>Can you help if my business is already formed?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Yes.</p><p>The diagnostic can review an existing structure as well as a planned one.</p><p>If something looks inefficient or no longer fits the business, we identify it. That doesn’t mean restructuring automatically makes sense.</p><p>Sometimes the right recommendation is to leave what already works alone.</p></div></details><details><summary>Do you handle the actual filings?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>The setup sprint can help coordinate the formation and administrative process.</p><p>Where filings or decisions require licensed legal, tax, accounting, or other professional services, the appropriate qualified professional handles that portion.</p></div></details><details><summary>Are you a lawyer or accountant?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>No.</p><p>This is business and operational consulting, not legal, tax, or accounting advice.</p><p>Where formal professional advice is required, we work alongside your existing counsel or accounting professionals or help connect the process with appropriate specialists.</p></div></details></div></div>
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<h1 id="cy-hero" class="h-display-lg">Good Security Starts With Knowing Where You Stand.</h1>
<p class="lead">Most security gaps are quiet.</p>
<div class="prose"><p>An old account keeps access. MFA never gets switched on somewhere important. A vendor covers less than everyone assumes. An employee receives a convincing payment request at exactly the wrong moment.</p><p class="body-ink">My security team and I look at the business from the outside in and the inside out, so you can see where the exposure actually is and decide what deserves attention first.</p></div>
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<div class="panel anim" aria-hidden="true"><div class="panel-bar"><span class="lights"><i></i><i></i><i></i></span><strong>Most security gaps are quiet.</strong></div><div style="padding:20px;display:grid;gap:10px"><div class="row" style="border:1px solid var(--mist);border-radius:12px;padding:12px 14px"><span class="ico"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="9" cy="8.5" r="3.5"/><path d="M2.5 20c.6-3.4 3.3-5.5 6.5-5.5s5.9 2.1 6.5 5.5"/><path d="M15.5 5.2a3.5 3.5 0 0 1 0 6.6M17.5 14.8c2.1.6 3.6 2.4 4 5.2"/></svg></span><span class="name" style="white-space:normal">An old account keeps access.</span><span class="status"><span class="dot" style="background:#e5484d;box-shadow:none"></span></span></div><div class="row" style="border:1px solid var(--mist);border-radius:12px;padding:12px 14px"><span class="ico"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 2.8 19.5 6v5.4c0 4.6-3.1 8.2-7.5 9.8-4.4-1.6-7.5-5.2-7.5-9.8V6z"/><path d="m8.8 12 2.3 2.3 4.3-4.6"/></svg></span><span class="name" style="white-space:normal">MFA never gets switched on somewhere important.</span><span class="status"><span class="dot" style="background:#e5484d;box-shadow:none"></span></span></div><div class="row" style="border:1px solid var(--mist);border-radius:12px;padding:12px 14px"><span class="ico"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m12 3 9 4.8-9 4.8-9-4.8z"/><path d="m3 12.2 9 4.8 9-4.8M3 16.4l9 4.8 9-4.8"/></svg></span><span class="name" style="white-space:normal">A vendor covers less than everyone assumes.</span><span class="status"><span class="dot" style="background:#e5484d;box-shadow:none"></span></span></div><div class="row" style="border:1px solid var(--mist);border-radius:12px;padding:12px 14px"><span class="ico"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><rect x="3" y="5" width="18" height="14" rx="2.5"/><path d="m3.5 6.5 8.5 6.5 8.5-6.5"/></svg></span><span class="name" style="white-space:normal">An employee receives a convincing payment request at exactly the wrong moment.</span><span class="status"><span class="dot" style="background:#f5a524;box-shadow:none"></span></span></div></div></div>
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<div class="prose"><p>A company’s security posture is shaped by dozens of smaller decisions across accounts, people, vendors, systems, and processes.</p><p class="body-ink">We bring those pieces into one view.</p></div>
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<div class="prose"><p>Cybersecurity follows the same diagnostic-first approach behind my consulting work.</p></div>
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<article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_01</span><h3>1. Establish the Baseline</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">The Business Diagnostic includes an initial review of the company’s security posture.</p><p>We look at the systems, access, controls, vendors, and processes that shape the business’s exposure.</p></div></article><article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_02</span><h3>2. Go Deeper Where It Matters</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">When the baseline identifies areas that warrant deeper assessment, my cybersecurity team conducts the appropriate authorised review using the assessment capabilities we use in our own security business.</p><p>All assessment activity is limited to systems the business owns or is authorised to test, with written permission defining the scope.</p></div></article><article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_03</span><h3>3. Prioritise the Fixes</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">You receive a scored report that ranks findings by risk, business impact, and the effort or cost involved in addressing them.</p><p>The objective isn’t to produce the longest vulnerability list.</p><p class="ink">It’s to make clear what deserves attention first.</p></div></article>
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<div class="prose"><p class="body-ink">A policy nobody follows isn’t much protection.</p><p>Neither is a security tool everyone assumes somebody else configured.</p><p>That practical view comes from operating businesses where technology and security are part of the day-to-day responsibility.</p></div>
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<div class="reveal"><div class="faq"><details open><summary>We are a small business. Are we really a target?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Business size alone does not determine cyber risk.</p><p>Smaller companies still use email, payment systems, cloud platforms, customer data, employee accounts, and third-party vendors. Many common forms of cybercrime are automated or opportunistic, not aimed only at large enterprises.</p><p>The useful question is what exposure your particular business has.</p></div></details><details><summary>Is this a penetration test?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Not automatically.</p><p>The engagement begins with a security-posture diagnostic. If deeper technical testing is appropriate, we define the scope and authorisation before any assessment activity begins.</p><p>A penetration test should only be performed against systems the client owns or has explicit authorisation to test.</p></div></details><details><summary>Will the assessment disrupt our systems?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>The initial diagnostic is designed to understand security posture without unnecessarily interfering with normal operations.</p><p>If deeper testing is recommended, we agree on the scope, method, authorisation, and potential operational considerations before that work begins.</p></div></details><details><summary>We already have an IT provider. Why would we need this?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Your IT provider may already be doing valuable work.</p><p>The diagnostic helps establish what is currently covered, what responsibilities sit elsewhere, and whether any meaningful gaps remain.</p><p>The goal is not to replace a capable provider. It is to make sure assumptions about coverage match reality.</p></div></details></div></div>
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<span class="eyebrow">FRACTIONAL LEADERSHIP</span>
<h1 id="fr-hero" class="h-display-lg">Bring Senior Leadership Into the Business Earlier.</h1>
<p class="lead">At some point, a business needs more than advice, but a full-time executive hire may not make sense yet.</p>
<div class="prose"><p class="body-ink">That is where fractional leadership fits.</p><p>I step into the executive seat, work directly with your existing team, own priorities and KPIs, and bring in specialist support from across my operating companies where the work calls for it.</p><p>You get executive leadership now, with the flexibility to make the permanent hire when the business is ready.</p></div>
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<span class="eyebrow">THE RIGHT STAGE FOR FRACTIONAL</span>
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<p class="body-ink">Consulting can tell you what should happen next.</p>
<p>Fractional leadership goes further. I become part of the company's operating rhythm and take responsibility for moving that part of the business forward.</p>
<p>That can mean leading the existing team, setting priorities, managing vendors, establishing KPIs, improving systems, and making sure strategy turns into actual work.</p>
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<p class="body-ink">Every engagement puts me directly in the executive role.</p>
<p>Behind me are specialist teams across the businesses I operate, giving the engagement access to execution capabilities beyond one person’s calendar.</p>
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<div class="plan-name"><span>Fractional CMO</span><span class="ic"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M3.5 10v4a1 1 0 0 0 1 1H7l9 5V4L7 9H4.5a1 1 0 0 0-1 1z"/><path d="M7 15l1.5 5M19.5 9.5a3.5 3.5 0 0 1 0 5"/></svg></span></div>
<h3>Marketing leadership from strategy through execution.</h3>
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<p class="backed">Backed by specialist teams across SEO, AI search, paid media, content, and marketing execution.</p>
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<h3>Operational leadership for the next stage of the company.</h3>
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<h3>Security leadership connected to the business itself.</h3>
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<p class="backed">Backed by Dylan’s cybersecurity team and assessment capabilities for authorised security review and ongoing support.</p>
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<h3>AI leadership with an operating mandate.</h3>
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<p class="backed">Backed by teams already implementing AI and automation across Dylan’s own operating portfolio.</p>
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<article class="card"><span class="ic"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 15.5 8.5 12c1.5-4.6 4.6-8.3 11-8.5-.2 6.4-3.9 9.5-8.5 11z"/><path d="M8.5 12 5 11.5l2.5-3h4M12 15.5l.5 3.5 3-2.5v-4"/><path d="M6.5 16c-1.6.6-2.4 2.3-2.5 4 1.7-.1 3.4-.9 4-2.5"/></svg></span><h3 class="h-sm">The Business Has Reached a New Stage.</h3><div class="prose"><p>You have revenue, customers, and people doing the work.</p><p>Now the decisions around marketing, operations, security, or AI require more experienced ownership.</p></div></article><article class="card"><span class="ic"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="9" cy="8.5" r="3.5"/><path d="M2.5 20c.6-3.4 3.3-5.5 6.5-5.5s5.9 2.1 6.5 5.5"/><path d="M15.5 5.2a3.5 3.5 0 0 1 0 6.6M17.5 14.8c2.1.6 3.6 2.4 4 5.2"/></svg></span><h3 class="h-sm">The Founder Is Carrying an Executive Function.</h3><div class="prose"><p>You are still acting as the CMO, COO, CISO, or AI lead because nobody else owns the function yet.</p><p>Fractional leadership creates somewhere for that responsibility to go.</p></div></article><article class="card"><span class="ic"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="9"/><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="5"/><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="1.2"/></svg></span><h3 class="h-sm">The Team Can Execute but Needs Direction.</h3><div class="prose"><p>There are capable people already inside the company.</p><p>What is missing is someone senior enough to set priorities, connect the work to the business, make decisions, and hold the function accountable.</p></div></article>
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<div class="prose"><p class="body-ink">Fractional leadership only works if the person in the seat is willing to own decisions.</p><p>That is how I approach my own companies, and it is how I approach a fractional role.</p><p>I work with the team, review the numbers, make the calls that belong to the role, and stay close enough to see whether those decisions are working.</p></div>
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<article class="process-step"><span class="num">1</span><h3 class="h-md">Business Diagnostic</h3><div class="prose"><p>We go inside the business to examine operations, financials, technology, marketing, and the places where growth is creating friction.</p><p>The goal is simple: find what deserves attention first.</p></div></article><article class="process-step"><span class="num">2</span><h3 class="h-md">Roadmap Delivery</h3><div class="prose"><p>You receive a documented, prioritised roadmap built around what we found.</p><p>What needs to change. What can wait. What your team can handle. And where outside execution may actually help.</p></div></article><article class="process-step"><span class="num">3</span><h3 class="h-md">Execution Sprint or Advisory</h3><div class="prose"><p>If it makes sense to keep working together, we move into a focused 90-day sprint or an ongoing advisory engagement.</p><p>If your team can take it from there, they do.</p></div></article>
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<div class="stack-sm"><span class="eyebrow">ENGAGEMENT OPTIONS</span><h2 id="eng" class="h-display">Different Problems Need Different Levels of Involvement.</h2></div>
<div class="prose"><p class="body-ink">Start with the diagnostic.</p><p>What comes after depends on what the business actually needs.</p></div>
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<div class="plan-name"><span>Business Diagnostic</span><span class="dot"></span></div>
<h3>Know What You’re Solving.</h3>
<p>The mandatory starting point for every engagement.</p>
<div class="fee">Fixed fee, quoted at booking</div>
<ul><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Comprehensive operational audit</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Marketing and visibility analysis</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Cost structure review</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Prioritised strategic roadmap</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>45-minute strategy debrief</li></ul>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="/contact/">BOOK YOUR DIAGNOSTIC<span class="go"><svg class="flip" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M3 8h10M9 4l4 4-4 4" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></a>
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<div class="plan-name"><span>90-Day Sprint</span></div>
<h3>Turn the Roadmap Into Movement.</h3>
<p>Hands-on execution around a defined problem, with a clear scope and enough time to make meaningful progress.</p>
<div class="fee">Fixed scope, fixed fee</div>
<ul><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Everything in the Diagnostic</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Execution by Dylan’s specialist teams</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>System setup and automation</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Vendor and talent vetting</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Weekly progress check-ins</li></ul>
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<div class="plan-name"><span>Advisory Retainer</span></div>
<h3>Keep an Operator in the Room.</h3>
<p>Ongoing strategic involvement for founders and internal teams who need another experienced perspective as the business moves.</p>
<div class="fee">Monthly engagement</div>
<ul><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Monthly strategic roadmapping</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Bi-weekly advisory calls</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Direct access for urgent blocks</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Quarterly P&amp;L reviews</li><li><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m3.5 8.5 3 3 6-6.5" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg>Priority access to Dylan’s operating teams</li></ul>
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<span class="eyebrow">FRACTIONAL LEADERSHIP</span>
<h2 id="frac" class="h-display">When the Business Needs an Owner, Not Another Recommendation.</h2>
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<p>Some problems don’t need another project.</p>
<p style="color:var(--on-dark)">They need someone accountable for the function.</p>
<p>I can step into the business as a fractional CMO, COO, CISO, or Chief AI Officer, bringing the same operator mindset that shapes my current ventures into a defined leadership role.</p>
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<p class="statement">Strategy gets more useful when someone owns what happens next.</p>
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<div class="role"><span class="index">FRACTIONAL</span><b>CMO</b></div>
<div class="role"><span class="index">FRACTIONAL</span><b>COO</b></div>
<div class="role"><span class="index">FRACTIONAL</span><b>CISO</b></div>
<div class="role"><span class="index">FRACTIONAL</span><b>Chief AI Officer</b></div>
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<div class="stack-sm"><span class="eyebrow">SERVICE LINES</span><h2 id="svc" class="h-display">Where Operating Experience Becomes Useful.</h2></div>
<div class="prose"><p>I stay close to areas where my teams and I are already doing the work.</p><p>Not because every business needs the same solution, but because experience is more useful when it comes from solving real versions of the problem.</p></div>
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<span class="tp-title">Marketing &amp; AI Search</span>
<h3 class="h-display">Get Found Where Attention Is Moving.</h3>
<div class="prose"><p>SEO, AI search visibility, paid media, and funnel strategy grounded in what people actually discover, click, and choose.</p><p>Marketing has been part of my operating world for years, and it remains one of the areas where technology keeps changing the answer.</p></div>
<div class="btn-row"><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/consulting/marketing/">EXPLORE MARKETING &amp; AI SEARCH<span class="go"><svg class="flip" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M3 8h10M9 4l4 4-4 4" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></a></div>
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<span class="tp-title">Business Setup</span>
<h3 class="h-display">Start With Fewer Expensive Mistakes.</h3>
<div class="prose"><p>Entity and state selection, licensing, banking architecture, and the practical decisions that turn an idea into an operating business.</p><p>I’ve started enough companies to know that early decisions have a habit of following you.</p></div>
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<span class="tp-title">Business Optimization</span>
<h3 class="h-display">Find What Growth Made Messy.</h3>
<div class="prose"><p>Growth creates opportunity.</p><p>It also creates workarounds, extra steps, unnecessary costs, unclear ownership, and processes nobody remembers choosing.</p><p>The job is to find what the business has outgrown and make it work for where the company is going next.</p></div>
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<span class="tp-title">Supply Chain</span>
<h3 class="h-display">Know What Happens Before It Reaches the Customer.</h3>
<div class="prose"><p>Sourcing, supplier vetting, logistics planning, and landed-cost analysis for businesses where products have to move through the real world.</p><p>My work across consumer products and e-commerce has taught me that what happens before the sale can determine whether the sale makes sense.</p></div>
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<span class="tp-title">Cybersecurity</span>
<h3 class="h-display">Find the Exposure Before Someone Else Does.</h3>
<div class="prose"><p>Security posture assessments, vulnerability reviews, and compliance readiness grounded in how the business actually operates.</p><p>The goal isn’t security theatre.</p><p>It’s understanding where the business is exposed and what deserves attention first.</p></div>
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<span class="tp-title">Education</span>
<h3 class="h-display">Make the Strategy Survive the Classroom.</h3>
<div class="prose"><p>EdTech product strategy, institutional technology adoption, and market-entry thinking shaped around the realities of schools, educators, and implementation.</p><p>A product can make perfect sense in a meeting and still fail the people expected to use it.</p><p>The classroom gets the final vote.</p></div>
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<p class="cta-band-body">Book a call with my team or with me directly. It starts with understanding where your business stands.</p>
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<div class="stack-sm"><span class="eyebrow">WHY DYLAN</span><h2 id="why" class="h-display">I’ve Been on the Other Side of the Invoice.</h2></div>
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<p>I’ve spent more than eight years operating businesses across different industries.</p>
<p>Along the way, I’ve hired consultants, agencies, specialists, vendors, and teams. I’ve made investments that worked and others that looked considerably better in the proposal.</p>
<p class="body-ink">I’ve also taken four companies through successful exits.</p>
<p>That changes how I look at someone else’s time and money.</p>
<p>I know the difference between a recommendation that sounds impressive and one that survives contact with the actual business.</p>
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<article class="principle"><span class="index">01</span><h3 class="h-md">Understand Before Recommending</h3><div class="prose"><p>I don’t need to arrive with the answer.</p><p>I need to ask enough of the right questions to find it.</p></div></article>
<article class="principle"><span class="index">02</span><h3 class="h-md">Make the Tradeoffs Visible</h3><div class="prose"><p>Every meaningful decision costs something.</p><p class="ink">Money. Time. Focus. Speed. Flexibility.</p><p>A useful strategy tells you what you’re choosing and what you’re giving up.</p></div></article>
<article class="principle"><span class="index">03</span><h3 class="h-md">Stay for the Result</h3><div class="prose"><p>A strategy deck is not the finish line.</p><p>If we move into execution, I care about what changed because we did.</p></div></article>
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<span class="eyebrow">THE OPERATOR BEHIND THE WORK</span>
<h2 id="behind" class="h-display">The Consulting Came After the Companies.</h2>
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<p>I didn’t start in consulting and eventually decide to operate businesses.</p>
<p class="body-ink">It happened the other way around.</p>
<p>Consulting grew out of the decisions, mistakes, patterns, and results of running companies across different industries.</p>
<p>You can read the full story or explore the businesses and exits that shaped it.</p>
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<div class="stack-sm sticky reveal"><span class="eyebrow">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</span><h2 id="faq-h" class="h-display">Questions Founders Usually Ask Before We Start.</h2></div>
<div class="reveal"><div class="faq"><details open><summary>What services does Dylan Mazzei offer?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>My consulting work spans business diagnostics, 90-day execution sprints, ongoing advisory, fractional leadership, marketing and AI search, business setup and optimisation, supply chain, cybersecurity, and education strategy.</p><p>Every engagement starts by understanding the business before deciding which, if any, of those services make sense.</p></div></details><details><summary>How do I book a consultation?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Start by booking the Business Diagnostic.</p><p>We’ll review the business, identify the areas that deserve attention, and use those findings to determine the most useful next step.</p></div></details><details><summary>What is the pricing structure?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>The Business Diagnostic is a fixed fee quoted at booking.</p><p>90-day sprints are fixed-scope, fixed-fee engagements. Advisory and fractional leadership are structured around the level of ongoing involvement required.</p></div></details><details><summary>What happens after the diagnostic?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>You receive a prioritised roadmap outlining what needs attention, what should happen first, and where execution may be needed.</p><p>You can take that roadmap to your own team or continue working with mine.</p></div></details><details><summary>Do you work with businesses outside the US?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Yes. I operate across the US and Dubai and can work with businesses in other markets when the engagement is a good fit.</p></div></details><details><summary>Do I have to continue after the diagnostic?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>No. The diagnostic is designed to be useful on its own.</p><p>If your team can execute the roadmap internally, you leave with a clearer direction and a place to start.</p></div></details></div></div>
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<article class="card"><span class="ic"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M4 17a8 8 0 1 1 16 0"/><path d="m12 17 4-5M4 17h2M18 17h2M12 9V7.5"/></svg></span><h3 class="h-sm">You’re Spending, but the ROI Is Blurry.</h3><div class="prose"><p>Budget is moving across channels, but nobody can clearly connect enough of that activity to revenue.</p><p>Before spending more, we figure out what the current spend is actually doing.</p></div></article><article class="card"><span class="ic"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="10.5" cy="10.5" r="6.5"/><path d="m20 20-4.8-4.8M10.5 7.5v6M7.5 10.5h6"/></svg></span><h3 class="h-sm">Organic Growth Has Stopped Behaving Like It Used To.</h3><div class="prose"><p>Rankings may still matter, but traditional SEO now shares the discovery journey with AI Overviews, answer engines, LLMs, local results, and other surfaces.</p><p>If the strategy hasn’t changed, the market already has.</p></div></article><article class="card"><span class="ic"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.75" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 15.5 8.5 12c1.5-4.6 4.6-8.3 11-8.5-.2 6.4-3.9 9.5-8.5 11z"/><path d="M8.5 12 5 11.5l2.5-3h4M12 15.5l.5 3.5 3-2.5v-4"/><path d="M6.5 16c-1.6.6-2.4 2.3-2.5 4 1.7-.1 3.4-.9 4-2.5"/></svg></span><h3 class="h-sm">Paid Media Works Until You Try to Scale It.</h3><div class="prose"><p>A channel can perform well and still have a ceiling.</p><p>When acquisition starts getting more expensive, we look beyond simply increasing the budget and examine the offer, funnel, search presence, channel mix, and what happens after the click.</p></div></article>
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<p style="color:var(--on-dark)">Marketing problems have a habit of disguising themselves.</p>
<p>Weak conversion can look like a traffic problem. Poor attribution can make a good channel look bad. A visibility problem can begin somewhere entirely different from SEO.</p>
<p>That’s why every engagement follows the same diagnostic-first approach behind my consulting work.</p>
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<article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_01</span><h3>1. Diagnose</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">We audit analytics, search visibility, paid accounts, funnels, current marketing activity, and the teams or vendors responsible for it.</p><p>We find the leaks before prescribing the fix.</p></div></article><article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_02</span><h3>2. Prioritise</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">You get a clear roadmap showing what deserves attention now, what can wait, and where the strongest opportunities sit.</p><p>Not twenty priorities.</p><p>The ones that matter.</p></div></article><article class="rule reveal"><span class="index">STEP_03</span><h3>3. Execute</h3><div class="prose"><p class="ink">When execution makes sense, we move into a focused 90-day sprint with specialist support from the same operating ecosystem behind my current ventures.</p><p>Your existing team can stay involved. So can your existing vendors if they’re doing good work.</p></div></article>
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<p>I’ve spent years operating in digital marketing while also being the person on the other side asking whether the leads are good, whether acquisition makes economic sense, and whether the strategy is producing anything the business can actually use.</p>
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<div class="reveal"><div class="faq"><details open><summary>What is AI search visibility, LLMO, GEO, and AEO?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>These terms describe different approaches to improving how a business, brand, or content appears across AI-generated answers and modern search experiences.</p><p>The terminology is still evolving. What matters is making your business understandable, credible, and discoverable across the systems people increasingly use to find answers.</p></div></details><details><summary>Do you execute or advise?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Both.</p><p>Some businesses need a roadmap their existing team can execute. Others need hands-on implementation through a 90-day sprint or ongoing support.</p><p>The diagnostic determines the right approach.</p></div></details><details><summary>Do you work with existing marketing teams?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>Yes.</p><p>I’m not interested in replacing a capable team simply to create more work for mine.</p><p>If your internal team or existing agency is strong, we can design the strategy around making them more effective.</p></div></details><details><summary>What budget size is needed?<span class="pm"><svg class="" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 3v10M3 8h10" stroke-width="1.75"/></svg></span></summary><div class="answer"><p>There isn’t one universal marketing budget that makes an engagement worthwhile.</p><p>The more important question is whether there is enough opportunity, complexity, or existing spend for the diagnostic to uncover meaningful improvements.</p></div></details></div></div>
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<p>We’ll look at where your visibility, traffic, leads, and marketing spend are going, then identify what deserves attention first.</p>
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