On The Fly!
Certified Flywheel Coach Joan Kaup, an accomplished business woman, shares interesting and friendly conversations with entrepreneurs and those who support them. Each episode is a conversation with a business coach, an entrepreneur, or an expert in the social impact ecosystem. ON THE FLY! features the community of Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub, located in Cincinnati Ohio, who have supported more than 35 founders and generated more than $5,000,000 in revenues. Flywheel is fostering innovation, building stronger communities, and creating meaningful change. ON THE FLY! highlights businesses that have the double bottom line - both a return on investment and a positive social impact. This podcast will give you reason to smile and think. It aims to motivate you to act on ideas and personal passions. Welcome to ON THE FLY! and our community where business drives change. Listen in!
Episodes
What if waste wasn't waste?
In this episode of On The Fly!, Sherwood MacVeigh, Vice President of Marketing at Ohio Valley Goodwill, takes us inside CIRCLE, a collaboration bringing together Goodwill, UC DAAP, Standard Textile, Sew Valley and Flywheel to rethink what happens to textiles after they're no longer wanted.
What started with a big idea and a bale of clothing has grown into a broader exploration of circular fashion, sust...
What happens when you stop editing an idea before it has a chance to become something?
On this episode of On The Fly!, Joan Kaup talks with Michael O’Bryan, founder and CEO of humanature and founder of The Wealth + Work Futures Lab, about social design, human potential, creativity, economic opportunity, and the importance of giving big ideas room to develop.
Michael's path is anything but conventional. Growing up in Hartfor...
What does it take to move from responding to community crises to changing the systems that create them?
On this episode of On The Fly!, Donna Zaring sits down with Moira Weir, President & CEO of United Way of Greater Cincinnati, to talk about what it means to think beyond immediate needs and build long-term solutions for families and communities.
After more than 25 years with Hamilton County Job and Family Services, Moira...
What happens when a childhood spent working on a family farm comes full circle in the heart of Cincinnati?
For Domonique Peebles, it started with tomatoes, neighbors, and a lesson from his dad: if you have food, make sure your neighbors do too. That instinct eventually became Brick Gardens, a Cincinnati social enterprise using urban agriculture to grow food, create jobs, and build community.
In this episode of On The Fly!, Dom talks ...
What if you could identify a family at risk of homelessness before they lose their home — and intervene early enough to keep them there?
On this episode of On The Fly!, Joan Kaup talks with Kevin Finn, President and CEO of Strategies to End Homelessness in Cincinnati, about a radically different approach to preventing homelessness: using data to identify families at the highest risk of eviction and reaching them before the...
What if financial success and social impact aren’t competing goals?
On this episode of On The Fly!, Donna Zaring talks with Jenna Nicholas, a social entrepreneur, investor, founder, and author whose career has focused on bringing purpose and financial models together.
Jenna shares the personal experiences that led her toward social entrepreneurship, from growing up in London to studying at Stanford and discovering the work ...
What happens when you see something missing in your community and decide to build it yourself?
For Allyson West, it started with a question: Why didn't Cincinnati have a film festival where independent filmmakers could bring their work, connect with audiences, and learn from one another? In 2018, she took the risk and launched the Cindependent Film Festival.
In this episode of On The Fly!, Joey Scarillo talks with Allyson about the j...
What does it take to solve the biggest challenges facing our communities? According to social entrepreneur and thought leader Suzanne Smith, it starts with bringing the right people together—even when they don't agree.
In this episode of On The Fly!, Joan Kaup talks with Suzanne Smith, founder and CEO of Social Impact Architects and one of the original co-founders of Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub. Suzanne reflects on the earl...
If you’ve listened to On The Fly! this season, you’ve heard his name come up again and again. From founders to coaches to investors, so many stories begin with the same phrase: “Bill told me…” or “Bill connected me to…”
In this season-closing episode of On The Fly!, host Joan Kaup sits down with Bill Tucker—the visionary who helped shape Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub a...
In this powerful episode of On The Fly!, host Joan Kaup sits down with Eileen MacDermott Budo, CEO of Last Mile Food Rescue, to unpack how a bold idea, smart logistics, and community-powered technology are transforming food waste into meals for neighbors across Greater Cincinnati.
Eileen shares the behind-the-scenes story of how Last Mile Food Rescue evolved from a rocky early concept into a tech-enabled nonprofit that has rescued m...
In this thoughtful and grounded episode of On The Fly!, Flywheel Executive Director Donna Zaring sits down with Mark Davis, CEO of TableSense and longtime Flywheel board member, to unpack what it really means to create social impact that lasts.
Mark describes his journey from CPA and consultant to social entrepreneur working at the intersection of research, investment, and advocacy in the child welfare space. Along the way, he chall...
In this thoughtful and grounding episode of On The Fly!, host Joan Kaup sits down with Joe Vallo, one of Flywheel’s longest-serving subject matter experts and a trusted guide for founders navigating the world of finance.
With decades of experience spanning Big Eight consulting firms, startup leadership, and independent advisory work, Joe brings clarity to a topic many entrepreneurs avoid: money. But as he explains, finance isn...
In this powerful and deeply personal episode of On The Fly! host Joan Kaup sits down with Valda Freeman-Karmo, electrical engineer, mother, and social entrepreneur whose company, AARON Wearable Tech, was born from love, urgency, and lived experience.
Inspired by her sons with cognitive disabilities and the realities families face during interactions with first responders, Valda set out to design technology that could save lives. The...
In this high-energy episode of On The Fly!, host Joan Kaup brings back to the pod two globally minded founders whose paths collided inside Flywheel’s accelerator — and sparked a collaboration grounded in sustainability, product innovation, and a shared history of building businesses across Asia.
Flywheel is excited to welcome back Andrew Bliss, and Lucas Williamson, for a bonus conversation with both amazing founders.&nb...
On this episode of On The Fly!, Joan Kaup sits down with Lucas Williamson, founder of Product Refinery and a serial entrepreneur who’s helped creators around the world turn ideas into reality. From electric skateboards to baby gear, Lucas has spent his career helping founders take their ideas from napkin sketches to market-ready products—while learning what it truly takes to build something that lasts.
On this fascinating episode of On The Fly!, host Joan Kaup sits down with global entrepreneur Andrew Bliss, founder and CEO of EcoShell, a company transforming agricultural waste into sustainable materials used in plastics.
Andrew’s journey is anything but ordinary, from teaching abroad in Asia, to launching multiple companies in Taiwan, to discovering an innovative eggshell-based technology that brought him back hom...
In this special bonus episode of On The Fly!, host Joan Kaup flips the script and sits down with Joey Scarillo—the producer of the show and a Flywheel coach—to pull back the curtain on what it really takes to make a podcast.
From his early days stage managing theater productions and curating road-trip podcasts, to launching award-winning branded podcasts in New York, Joey shares the journey that led him to Cincinnati and...
Recorded LIVE at StartUpCincy Week 2025, this episode of On The Fly! brings together leaders from city government, business, and the social impact ecosystem to explore how collaboration powers innovation in Cincinnati.
Host Joan Kaup moderates a lively conversation with Cincinnati Council Member, Evan Nolan, First Financial Bank’s CMO, Jenny Powell, and Flywheel’s Program Director, Samuel Baker about how social entrepren...
In this energetic episode of On The Fly! host Joan Kaup sits down with Shailah Maynard, co-founder and CEO of Sew Valley, alongside Madeleine “Maddie” Tepe Misleh and Aubrey Krekeler, co-directors of operations. Together, these three women are reshaping what apparel manufacturing can look like, based in Cincinnati.
From providing living-wage jobs in a historically exploitative industry to innovating zero-waste soluti...
On this episode of On The Fly!, Flywheel board member and Inclusion Building Solutions founder Byron Stallworth steps in as guest host for a conversation with Brooke Foley, CEO of Jayne Agency and Donna Zaring, Executive Director of Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub. Together, they explore the art and science of brand clarity—and why mastering your pitch matters more than perfecting your slides.
From her early career in Chicago&r...
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