The second biggest thing you can do is disable Dropbox, if you use it. Man, Dropbox slows down boot on my computers like whoa.
My experience with Dropbox seems to show that the speed of the Internet connection (or reconnection) is what affects Dropbox. Regardless, doesn't Dropbox do its synchronization after it has loaded, which is after startup?
On a Mac since 1984. Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
