Jake & Sydney Newsome | How The Burg Nutrition Grew Into a St. Pete Health & Wellness Community
About this episode
Jake and Sydney Newsome share their journey of leaving traditional careers to build a health and wellness community in St. Petersburg.
What happens when a therapist and a chemical engineer quit their careers, move across the country, and bet everything on a business in a city where they don't know a single person? In Episode 102 of Talkin' St. Pete, Ryan Bogden sits down with Jake and Sydney Newsome, owners of The Burg Nutrition and St. Pete Nutrition Bar, to talk about their journey from Mississippi to St. Petersburg and how they built two thriving nutrition bars in less than a year. Jake and Sydney share how they left careers in clinical mental health and engineering to pursue entrepreneurship, why they chose St. Pete, and how the city's welcoming business community helped them grow faster than they ever imagined. What started as a protein shake and energy tea shop quickly became something much bigger. Today, The Burg Nutrition has become a community gathering place where people come not only for healthy drinks, but also for conversation, connection, and a sense of belonging. Throughout the conversation, Jake and Sydney explain why they believe human interaction matters more than ever, how they built a culture focused on relationships, and why they train their team to remember customers by name rather than…
Topics covered
- entrepreneurship
- health and wellness
- community building
- nutrition
- personal journey
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