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Hosted by Jän Simon · business · EN-US
Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation is a podcast that dives deep into the stories of business owners, community leaders, and aspiring entrepreneurs who are striving to make an extraordinary impact. Each episode explores their roots, motivations, and defining moments to inspire listeners on their own journey to excellence.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAbove & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation is a podcast that dives deep into the stories of business owners, community leaders, and aspiring entrepreneurs who are striving to make an extraordinary impact. Each episode explores their roots, motivations, and defining moments to inspire listeners on their own journey to excellence.
Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation is hosted by Jän Simon. The show has published 72 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "She Knocked 10,000 Doors to Start From Zero | Pam Johnson" (22 October 2026, 96 minutes), "Be Seen, Be Found, Be Chosen | Robin & Kristy Belley" (15 October 2026, 115 minutes), and "You're the Guest of Honor of Your Own Life | Terence Leclere" (8 October 2026, 87 minutes).
Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 89 minutes across 72 episodes.
Booking probability for Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation are Business & Management Consulting and Holding Companies & Corporate HQs. Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation has a business audience.
Jän Simon hosts Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation, a business podcast with 72 episodes published.
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Episode #12
Send us Fan Mail Pam Johnson had the option to take over an established insurance agency in Scottsdale. She turned it down, opened her own from zero in Gilbert, and knocked on an estimated 10,000 doors to find her first...
Episode #11
Send us Fan Mail In October 2019, Robin and Kristy Belley published their first issue of Gilbert City Lifestyle Magazine. Four months later, the world shut down. Plenty of people told them a print magazine would never...
Episode #10
Send us Fan Mail Brands like Netflix, HBO and Peacock spend millions building sets for live events, and then leave the most important part to chance: the people. Terence Leclere is an immersive actor, TEDx speaker and...
Episode #9
Send us Fan Mail 36 postal addresses. Three continents. One Army scholarship lost in a single week. Elaine Kessler is the Director of Foundation and Community Impact at the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce, president of...
Episode #8
Send us Fan Mail Fired on a phone call in a parking lot, Charles Shepherd went home to a rented room and decided to sell everything he owned and bet on himself. Three years later, his company, Alpha Appliance Repair...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail Every Wednesday at 4:04 PM, a reminder goes off on Stuart Preston's phone. It says one word: Ian. That's the minute he learned his son had died by suicide in 2015. People ask why he'd keep it. He says...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail Jaime Johnson was eight years old when her father was killed in a plane crash in Graham County. There was no money, no plan, and a new school almost every year. She never went to college. Her first...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail John Malchow shares his journey from a South Jersey upbringing and a rocky academic start—including not graduating eighth grade—to earning a degree, building 25+ years in sales, and spending 15 years at...
Episode #4
Send us Fan Mail He immigrated from South Korea at four and traded his first language for English. His mother ran an illegal card room under the family bar until it got raided in 1986. He spent twenty years in...
Episode #3
Send us Fan Mail He wanted to play in the NHL. At 13 he did the math and knew he wouldn't. So Jared Harman picked a backup plan — work in sports — and got remarkably close, calling play-by-play for a junior hockey team...
Episode #2
Send us Fan Mail Luke William Gilbert knocked on 150 doors a day as a brand-new real estate agent. On door number 1,474, an older man with a big mustache opened up and asked him one question: "Do you believe in God?"...
Episode #1
Send us Fan Mail David has spent more than a decade walking alongside people who look like they have it all together on the outside — the career, the family, the responsibilities — but who are quietly wrestling with...
Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation
Send us Fan Mail He quit a $60,000-a-year job, moved his wife to Farmington, New Mexico, and started flying passengers with only 250 hours of flight time — making $20K a year. Fourteen years and three airlines later...
Episode #11
Send us Fan Mail Roy Sublasky was on probation until he was 18, dropped out of school, and watched friends die or go to prison. At 21, a woman showed up at his door with a two-year-old son he didn’t know he had — and...
Episode #10
Send us Fan Mail Jason Bressler was an Arizona high school All-Star pitcher who played at Chase Field on Father's Day, threw in the low 90s, and had his sights set on ASU — until two labrum surgeries ripped the glove...
Episode #9
Send us Fan Mail Jän Simon interviews Liz Ponce, a twin mom and co-owner of Arizona-based LZR Marketing, about building a marketing agency without choosing a niche and balancing creativity, leadership, and family. Liz...
Episode #8
Send us Fan Mail Boaz Gilad on Unmasking Success: From Actor to Billion-Dollar Real Estate—and Losing It All Host Jän Simon welcomes Boaz Gilad—entrepreneur, performance strategist, founder of Zenith Clubhouse, and...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail On Above & Beyond: Where Excellence Meets Elevation, host Jän Simon sits down with John Weiss—owner of ProBlast LLC and co-owner of Minuteman Press in Mesa—whose path from Anchorage, Alaska to Arizona...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail She Built the Gilbert Chamber’s Business Resource Center Used by 800+ Businesses in 18 Months | Sarah Watts Jän Simon interviews Sarah Watts, president and CEO of the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce and...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail What if the path to freedom isn't found in following the traditional playbook, but in learning how to own your decisions, your time, and your future? In this episode of Above & Beyond, host Jän Simon...
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