Slow startup issue on MacBook Air running Yosemite

Hi. My mac is starting slowly, taking about a minute. It seems to get held up in the blank screen phase after the power-on self test. It's not a massive issue but is annoying and a solution would be great. Thanks.
Problem description:
Slow startup.
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 5/2/15, 1:01 PM
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) (Verified)
    MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
    1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
    Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 370 - SN = C0134430337F90MA5
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 5000
        Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:14:16
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 120.11 GB (84.39 GB free)
            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
            Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a...plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 15.007.20033 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 15.007.20033 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.9 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    WOT
    StartPage HTTPS
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player  [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         5%    WindowServer
         2%    fontd
         1%    Google Chrome Helper(6)
         1%    taskgated
         0%    Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    741 MB    Google Chrome Helper(6)
    425 MB    kernel_task
    152 MB    Google Chrome
    90 MB    mdworker(6)
    66 MB    mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    977 MB    Free RAM
    3.04 GB    Used RAM
    0 B    Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    May 2, 2015, 12:46:20 PM    Self test - passed
    May 2, 2015, 12:27:29 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.photomoments_2015-05 -02-122729_[redacted].crash
    Apr 30, 2015, 02:41:50 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/BitdefenderVirusScanner_2015-04-30-144150_[reda cted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

     Select Macintosh HD as the Startup  Disk.
   “Set the default startup disk”       http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310
     Reset PRAM.     http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18761?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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