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Plugg Technologies Plugg is a leading connector of talent in Latin America with growing U.S. companies

09/06/2026

🎉 "I am thrilled to tell you about our latest season — and we're going to be over a hundred total episodes. A huge milestone."

Brian Samson is back with Season 5 of The Nearshore Cafe Podcast, and he's sharing what's ahead: an entrepreneur who hired an operations associate in Argentina, a Mexico/US payroll business breaking down contractor vs. W-2 and "all the legal risks and different ways to do it," a CMO with "loads of best practices" from a decade of hiring across Latin America, and deep dives into Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Colombia.

In Brian's words: "This is going to be an amazing season."

09/01/2026

Season 4 of The Nearshore Cafe Podcast is officially a wrap — 20 episodes deep into what it actually takes to build and grow a business with Latin America at the center.

This season we sat down with KPMG partners breaking down M&A activity across LATAM, fintech founders (including some incredible ones out of Uruguay) building the payment infrastructure powering the region, and U.S. founders who shared exactly how they hired and built their nearshore teams. We also flipped the mic to the other side — platform engineers, project managers, and ops professionals from Mexico, Brazil, and Nicaragua sharing what it's really like to be recruited, onboarded, and part of a distributed team.

If you're a U.S. founder or exec thinking about nearshore hiring in Latin America, this is your fast catch-up on everything Season 4 covered. Full episode list at https://hubs.ly/Q04w0-8-0 🎧

08/09/2026

14 Years at BT → Singtel: My Asia Work Journey

What happens when a 14-year career survives a company transformation and lands you leading work across Asia? Our latest guest breaks down the relationship-driven, never-give-up mindset that made the leap possible — and why thinking outside the box for the customer never goes out of style.

▶️ Watch now: https://hubs.ly/Q04slQ4H0

07/28/2026

Thinking about scaling your team in LATAM? Don't start with 50 hires — start with 2.

Brian Samson shares a smart approach: treat LATAM hiring like expanding into any new market. Bring on one or two exceptional, senior people first. Let them prove out the model and validate cultural fit before you scale up.

The big reason to go slow? Trust. LATAM is a high-trust society — referrals and reputation matter far more than cold outreach, especially if you're an unknown company trying to hire fast.

🎧 Watch the full episode: The 2026 LATAM Hiring Guide — Mexico, Brazil, Argentina & Nearshore ROI
👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04qZnWt0

07/20/2026

What does nearshore recruiting actually look like behind the scenes?

In this episode of The Nearshore Cafe Podcast, host Brian Samson shares real hiring stories from the front lines — starting with how Plugg Technologies' senior recruiter Xiomara "Xio" Santana placed a senior project manager in Brazil for a global client.

Watch the full episode: https://hubs.ly/Q04pZt1s0
Presented by Plugg Technologies.

07/04/2026

"You get on a call with a client, you record the call, and then you use AI to produce a deliverable" a report, a full project, an SOP. That's how Ana Rodriguez and her team are using Notion AI to serve clients faster, without losing the human review that makes it work.

Watch the full episode with guest Ana Rodriguez and host Brian Samson, sponsored by Plugg Technologies: https://hubs.ly/Q04nxSLy0

06/24/2026

A sales deck used to take 45 minutes to build. Now it takes 3.

Mario Oliveros Figueroa, Global Director of Latin America at Niyamo, made that point in our latest episode — and it's one of those stats that sounds small until you think about what sales teams are doing with the time they're getting back.

More time analyzing the customer. More time testing messaging. More data behind every decision on how and when to make contact.

Mario joined Brian Samson on the Nearshore Cafe Podcast to break down how AI is reshaping sales in Latin America — and what it means for U.S. companies building or selling through cross-border teams.

It's a conversation packed with real experience from someone who has built sales teams across Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Central America.

🎙 Watch now: https://hubs.ly/Q04mpd9Y0
Sponsored by Plugg Technologies — https://hubs.ly/Q04mpH1B0

06/15/2026

AI is saving engineering time — but only when the right people are using it.

Victor Fernandes, a data platform engineer based in Fortaleza, Brazil, put it simply on the latest episode of the Nearshore Cafe Podcast:

When work is well-scoped, AI helps you deliver faster. But when you're adding something to a system that's already running in production, you have to judge every piece of code and every suggestion carefully — because not all of it will fit your environment.

It's a small distinction with huge consequences. And it's the kind of thing you only learn by actually shipping real work on real systems.

Victor joins host Brian Samson for a conversation about data platform engineering, building for http://U.S. teams from Brazil, cross-cultural collaboration, and how Brazilian tech talent is showing up on the global stage.

🎙 Full episode: https://hubs.ly/Q04lmqS_0 Sponsored by Plugg Technologies — https://hubs.ly/Q04lm2650

06/04/2026

90% of H-1B visas in the last decade went to workers from just 2 countries.

That stat alone tells you everything about how concentrated and how fragile the U.S. tech talent pipeline really is.

Robert Bouchard knows this world better than almost anyone. As "The H1B Guy" and Chief Digital Officer at Tier 4 Group, he's spent years cutting through the politics and explaining what high-skilled immigration actually means for U.S. companies trying to hire.

He joined Brian Samson on the Nearshore Cafe Podcast to break down what's happening right now:
→ The 2025 H-1B lottery saw selection rates jump above 30% but Level 4 earners are being selected at 60%+
→ The green card backlog is trapping workers in 10–12 year limbo
→ Talent that can't get a visa is heading to Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and not coming back

If you're a founder or engineering leader trying to build a technical team in this environment, this episode is required listening.

Watch now: https://youtu.be/w5LBD94sXs4

05/07/2026

What happens when a “10-year retirement plan” turns into a life-changing move after just one trip? 🌎

In this episode of The Nearshore Cafe Podcast, host Brian Samson sits down with the founder of Expatsi to talk about leaving the traditional path behind and relocating to Mérida, Mexico years earlier than planned.

From comparing countries across Latin America, Europe, and Asia to realizing “why wait?”, this conversation dives into:
✔️ Living abroad as an expat
✔️ Remote work and lifestyle freedom
✔️ Why Mérida, Yucatán stood out
✔️ Building a business from real-life experience

🎧 Watch the full episode now: https://hubs.ly/Q04fLjZ70

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