For our latest episode of The Merri-Cast podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Sandra Healy, Co-Founder and CEO of inclusio.

For 20 years, Sandra excelled in engineering and leadership roles in the global tech sector. She eventually took a leap and started inclusio, alongside her co-founders Deborah Murphy and Arthur Lubambo in 2020…just as the pandemic hit.

At one point, Sandra pitched the business over 40 times before getting a positive response. Despite these and other challenges her story is one of resilience, vision and seizing opportunities when they come.

Her advice to other fledgling entrepreneurs?

‘If it’s in you, do it.’

We couldn’t agree more!

Key takeaways Sandra shares in this episode include:
•How to move from being an ‘intrapreneur’ within a business to an ‘entrepreneur’ out on your own.
•Why you only regret the things you don’t do – with more support and funding than ever before, there’s no better time to become an entrepreneur.
•Don’t be daunted if it’s just you and your idea when you start – there are so many ways to get backing for what you do.
•That moment when you ‘take the leap’ – the best opportunities open up when you back yourself.

…and much more!

Sandra Healy:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-healy/
inclusio LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inclusio-io/
inclusio: https://www.inclusio.io/

Trevor:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/trevormerriden/
Merriborn Media: https://merribornmedia.co.uk/
Email: trevor.merriden@merribornmedia.co.uk

Do you love what you do enough to do it for free? Most would probably say no.

But our latest guest sees life differently…

For our first episode of 2025, I’m delighted to be joined by the fantastic Bobby Dutton – Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, Performer and Philanthropist.

Bobby’s entrepreneurial adventures are rooted in his purpose and passion.

His first business GBM6 stems from his passion for music and is all about “making people happy, through legendary events”.

In 2024, he set up his second business, Think like a Pilot which came from his passion for flying and the desire we all feel to have both freedom and control in our lives.

In this episode Bobby discusses:
•Being driven by passion and purpose rather than financial motivation.
•Why the most difficult thing about being your own boss is…being your own boss.
•The importance of delegating and trusting your team.
•Why hustle is the goal and stress is not success.
•Having simple key metrics for tracking personal, professional and physical health.

…and more!

Bobby has such a brilliant story and explains it with such enthusiasm and optimism, you can’t help but smile when listening to it.

Bobby Dutton:
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/bobbydutton
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bdutton/?hl=en
GBM6: https://gbm6.com/
Think Like a Pilot: https://thinklikeapilot.com/

Trevor:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/trevormerriden/
Merriborn Media: https://merribornmedia.co.uk/
Email: trevor.merriden@merribornmedia.co.uk

Our final episode of The Merri-Cast podcast this year is now live! 😊

We’ve had some fantastic guests over the last 12 months, all with unique stories to tell and valuable advice on what it takes to be an entrepreneur. In this episode, we look back at a few of my favourite guest moments.

A huge thank all our guests this year for your brilliant contributions, stories and insights: Adam Twidell & Carol Cork, Mark Goyder, Kelly Gilmour-Grassam, Solomon Thimothy, Karina Murray, Matthew Phelan, Simon Shepard, Anne Fulton, Adrian Moorhouse, Polly Barnfield, Per Wimmer and Liz Barclay.

And thank you to everyone who has listened!

We’ll be back in 2025 with new guests sharing their stories and experiences, but until then…Merry Christmas!

Trevor:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/trevormerriden/
Merriborn Media: https://merribornmedia.co.uk/
Email: trevor.merriden@merribornmedia.co.uk