Hey there! I'm Dylan Wheeler.

Creating something meaningful helps everyone. Just look at how the share of people living in extreme poverty worldwide fell from around three-quarters in 1820 to roughly one in twelve today. That's real proof of the power of growth and capitalism. Innovation is inherently philanthropic, and our hard work and dedication can make the pie even bigger for all.

Startups and small teams give you ownership and agency where you're responsible for every decision and outcome. You make the calls, own the risks, and live with the results. That accountability is rare, and it forces you to grow fast by being resourceful and creative. Startups are a path to real freedom: if you can create something society wants, you earn the ability to write your own future. No permission required. You can build, iterate, and make an outsized impact with nothing but an idea and relentless execution. We can shape the world around us more than we think is possible.

Technology is the amplifier. It gives us leverage and amplifies our ideas, skills, and efforts beyond what was ever possible before. Generative AI alone is one of the greatest productivity unlocks in history. It lets us talk to a compressed internet, distilling vast knowledge into useful insights in seconds. This is more than convenience; it's a paradigm shift in how we learn, create, and solve problems. My goal is to use this power not just to build wealth, but to build a better life: to teach, inspire, and empower others to harness it for more freedom, impact, and fulfillment.

Technology, capital, and creativity are tools that let us amplify our impact, but their highest purpose is to uplift humanity. When we build with abundance in mind, we expand possibilities for everyone as we forge a world of greater opportunity, joy, and connection.

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Optimism for Humanity

Two things happen to you at once: your money slowly loses value, and the things it buys slowly get cheaper in hours of your life, and most despair comes from only ever being shown the first one.

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Origins

Four ordinary things, followed back through the machinery that delivers them, all ending in the same place.

Consciousness is the rarest and most beautiful phenomenon in the universe. It is divine creation, a spark of light in the vast unknown. To be alive, to think, to love, and to build is an incredible gift, and we should honor it by lifting each other up, expanding opportunity, and ensuring this light continues to shine for generations to come. (Have kids!)

Life is short and should be filled with love, creation, and connection. My mission is to build, to share, and to uplift those around me. Because a world full of optimism, joy, and collaboration is the world worth fighting for. ❤️

I'm rooted in New Hampshire and active in the Boston startup ecosystem. I'm looking to partner with dreamers, builders, and believers who share a passion for making the world better. Let's fund the future, create opportunities, and empower each other to scale our impact. If something here sparks your interest, reach out. I'm really glad you're here.

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Why I Don't Believe in the Loneliness Epidemic

I think we are diagnosing the symptom and calling it the disease: people are not short of company, they are short of the places company used to happen.

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Live to the Fullest by Overcoming Financial Barriers

Financial stress is the most reliable thing standing between people and the life they say they want, and it is more removable than it looks.

We live in an era of unprecedented technological prosperity, yet most people feel like they're falling behind, working harder only to watch their savings slip away. The culprit is monetary debasement. Government overspending acts as a hidden tax that silently destroys the purchasing power of our work, making it one of the biggest structural problems of our time (inflation).

I believe Bitcoin is the best store of value we have: money fully separated from the state. While gold served this role historically, securing it at scale inevitably requires relying on banks and intermediaries. Bitcoin solves this through self-custody, giving anyone the power to hold their wealth independently, without relying on the state or banking systems. It allows us to preserve our economic energy across time and borders, fully separated from monetary debasement.

Ultimately, true abundance isn't about money: it's about freedom and time. Financial sovereignty gives you the options and resources to chase your ambitions on your own terms.

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The Energy of Money: Reclaiming Your Time, Future, and Potential

Money is a technology for storing human energy, and the one most people use leaks, which is why a lifetime of work can still feel like standing still.

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Your Financial Rocket: A Guide to Reaching Escape Velocity

There is a threshold where your assets carry your expenses without you, and almost nobody is told that reaching it is a solvable engineering problem.