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<span class="eyebrow">DYLAN MAZZEI | FOUNDER &amp; OPERATOR</span>
<h1 id="hero-title"><span class="grad">One Good Idea Has Never</span> <span class="grad2">Been Enough for Me.</span></h1>
<p class="lead">I’ve spent the last eight years turning ideas into companies across marketing, AI, software, education, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and more. Four have been sold. Others are growing. And I’m nowhere near finished building.</p>
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<div class="wmask" aria-hidden="true"><div id="wTrack"><span>Insurance.</span><span>Marketing.</span><span>Home&nbsp;Healthcare.</span><span>Apparel.</span><span>Insurance.</span><span>Marketing.</span><span>Home&nbsp;Healthcare.</span><span>Apparel.</span></div></div>
<p class="sr-only">Insurance. Marketing. Home Healthcare. Apparel.</p>
<div class="w-side"><p>Four have been sold. Others are growing. And I’m nowhere near finished building.</p><a class="btn btn-ghost btn-sm" href="#journey">FOLLOW THE JOURNEY<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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<h2 id="building-title" class="h-display">The Companies I’m Leading Today</h2>
<p class="lead">I like being close to the decisions that shape a company, especially when there is something new to figure out.</p>
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<div class="dash-head"><div><small>CURRENT VENTURES</small><strong>The Companies I’m Leading Today</strong></div></div>
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<div class="kpi"><span>EXITS</span><b>4</b></div>
<div class="kpi"><span>INDUSTRIES</span><b>6</b></div>
<div class="kpi"><span>YEARS OPERATING</span><b>8+</b></div>
<div class="kpi"><span>WHERE I WORK</span><b>4</b></div>
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<div class="list"><div class="list-head"><span>4 EXITS</span><span></span></div><div class="row"><svg class="check" 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><span class="name">Insurance</span><span class="status">Exited</span></div><div class="row"><svg class="check" 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><span class="name">Marketing</span><span class="status">Exited</span></div><div class="row"><svg class="check" 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><span class="name">Home Healthcare</span><span class="status">Exited</span></div><div class="row"><svg class="check" 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><span class="name">Apparel</span><span class="status">Exited</span></div></div>
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<span class="eyebrow">CURRENT VENTURES</span>
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<p class="lead">Today, I lead businesses across AI, marketing, software, education technology, cybersecurity, and e-commerce. They operate in very different worlds, which keeps me curious.</p>
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<li>MARKETING &amp; AI SEARCH Leading teams through a constantly changing search landscape.</li>
<li>AI SOFTWARE Building around new opportunities created by AI.</li>
<li>EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY Creating technology designed for real classrooms.</li>
<li>CYBERSECURITY Solving security challenges for growing businesses.</li>
<li>E-COMMERCE Turning product ideas into businesses built around real customers.</li>
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<div class="vt" id="vt" aria-live="polite"><h3 id="vname">MARKETING &amp; AI SEARCH</h3><p id="vdesc">Leading teams through a constantly changing search landscape.</p></div>
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<span class="eyebrow">THE JOURNEY SO FAR</span>
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<p class="lead">I’ve never looked at opportunity through the lens of one industry. Over the years, that curiosity has taken me into very different businesses, including four that grew into successful exits.</p>
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<div class="pn"><i></i><b></b><em>Insurance</em></div><div class="pn"><i></i><b></b><em>Marketing</em></div><div class="pn"><i></i><b></b><em>Home Healthcare</em></div><div class="pn"><i></i><b></b><em>Apparel</em></div><div class="pn"><i></i><b></b><em>Today</em></div>
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<p class="jfinal" id="jfinal">Others are growing. And I’m nowhere near finished building.</p>
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<li class="jx"><div class="ji"><svg viewBox="0 0 48 48" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M24 5 8 11v11c0 10 7 17 16 21 9-4 16-11 16-21V11z"/><path d="m17 24 5 5 9-10"/></svg></div><div><h3>Insurance</h3><p>I grew an insurance business around strong client relationships, a clear understanding of the market, and service people could trust.</p></div></li><li class="jx"><div class="ji"><svg viewBox="0 0 48 48" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8 20v8h6l14 8V12l-14 8z"/><path d="M34 18c3 2 3 10 0 12M14 28l2 9h5l-2-9"/></svg></div><div><h3>Marketing</h3><p>Led an agency focused on helping businesses reach the right audiences, strengthen their presence, and turn attention into growth.</p></div></li><li class="jx"><div class="ji"><svg viewBox="0 0 48 48" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M6 22 24 7l18 15M10 20v21h28V20"/><path d="M24 35c-6-4-8-7-8-10a4.2 4.2 0 0 1 8-1.5A4.2 4.2 0 0 1 32 25c0 3-2 6-8 10z"/></svg></div><div><h3>Home Healthcare</h3><p>Grew a people-first business in an industry where trust, quality of care, and responsible leadership mattered every day.</p></div></li><li class="jx"><div class="ji"><svg viewBox="0 0 48 48" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M17 6 6 12l4 9 5-2v23h18V19l5 2 4-9-11-6c-1 3-4 5-7 5s-6-2-7-5z"/></svg></div><div><h3>Apparel</h3><p>Took a consumer concept into the market, shaping the product, brand, and customer experience from the ground up.</p></div></li>
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<div class="stat"><span>YEARS OPERATING</span><b id="cYr">8+</b></div>
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<p>Different businesses have called for different decisions, teams, and ways of thinking. That range still shapes how I approach every opportunity today.</p>
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<span class="eyebrow">ABOUT DYLAN</span>
<h2 id="about-title" class="awords"><span class="grad">Curiosity</span><span class="grad">Got Me Started.</span><span class="neon">Ambition</span><span class="neon n2">Kept Me Moving.</span></h2>
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<p class="q">I have always been more interested in what could be possible than what already exists.</p>
<p class="lead">That curiosity has taken me into industries I never expected to enter, across markets, teams, and ideas that looked nothing alike from the outside. What connects them is the part I enjoy most: seeing potential early, bringing the right people around it, and giving an idea the chance to become something real.</p>
<p class="lead">Business is a big part of my story, but it is not the whole story.</p>
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<p class="lead" style="color:var(--ink)">I know what it is like to make decisions when the answer isn't obvious, and the outcome belongs to you.</p>
<p class="lead">That is the perspective I bring when I work with founders. We look closely at the business, talk through what is getting in the way, and figure out where your attention can make the biggest difference.</p>
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<p class="lead">About the businesses. The exits. The ideas. What worked. What didn’t. And what I’m thinking about next.</p>
<p class="lead">Some of those conversations made it into interviews, profiles, podcasts, and features.</p>
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<p class="poem-line">Not every idea of mine becomes a company.<br>Some become words.</p>
<p class="lead">Poetry gives me somewhere to put thoughts that don't belong in a business plan, a strategy session, or a boardroom.</p>
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<p>Maybe you have an idea taking shape. A business at an interesting crossroads. A partnership worth exploring. Or simply a question you think I might have a perspective on.</p>
<p>I’ve learned to pay attention when an interesting conversation begins. Some of the best opportunities in my life have started exactly that way.</p>
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