# The Nearshore Cafe Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903.md RSS feed: https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2417050.rss Official site: https://www.nearshorecafepodcast.com/ Author: Brian Samson Episodes: 94 ## Resource Hear from Nearshoring veterans about what it's like living and doing business in LATAM. Join our hosts and numerous guests from LATAM & the U.S. with interesting real life experiences. This podcast is full of great stories and useful advice on how to navigate the world's most untapped talent market along with travel tips. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903.md ## Episodes - [Brian Samson Breaks Down the 2026 Playbook for Hiring Top Talent in Latin America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/brian-samson-breaks-down-the-2026-playbook-for-hiring-top-talent-in-latin-america) — 2026-07-28T03:00:00+00:00 - [Brian Samson Shares Real Nearshore Hiring Stories from Brazil and Mexico](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/brian-samson-shares-real-nearshore-hiring-stories-from-brazil-and-mexico) — 2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 - [Building Sales Teams in Mexico: Mario Oliveros Figueroa on LATAM Talent & Cross-Border Selling](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/building-sales-teams-in-mexico-mario-oliveros-figueroa-on-latam-talent-cross-border-selling) — 2026-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 - [H1B Hiring Reality Check](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/h1b-hiring-reality-check) — 2026-06-15T01:00:00+00:00 - [Victor Fernandes Spent 7 Years Automating Power Plants. Now He Builds Data Platforms.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/victor-fernandes-spent-7-years-automating-power-plants-now-he-builds-data-platforms) — 2026-06-15T01:00:00+00:00 - [Nearshoring Yourself; step by step to building an expat life in Mexico](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/nearshoring-yourself-step-by-step-to-building-an-expat-life-in-mexico) — 2026-05-06T23:00:00+00:00 - [Scaling high-performing teams in Costa Rica staffing legend Doug Firestone on growing to 225 LATAM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/scaling-high-performing-teams-in-costa-rica-staffing-legend-doug-firestone-on-growing-to-225-latam) — 2026-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 - [Why Chile Wins & Brazil is Complex: A Founder's Guide to LATAM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/why-chile-wins-brazil-is-complex-a-founder-s-guide-to-latam) — 2026-04-02T23:00:00+00:00 - [AI agents aren’t plug-and-play and that’s where most companies get it wrong.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/ai-agents-aren-t-plug-and-play-and-that-s-where-most-companies-get-it-wrong) — 2026-03-20T23:00:00+00:00 - [Venezuela: The Most Exciting High-Risk Talent Market?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/venezuela-the-most-exciting-high-risk-talent-market) — 2026-03-16T12:00:00+00:00 - [How A Founder Built A 24/7 Call Center In Latin America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/how-a-founder-built-a-24-7-call-center-in-latin-america) — 2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00 - [Doing Business in Medellín, Colombia (Expat Founder Story)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/doing-business-in-medell-n-colombia-expat-founder-story) — 2026-02-23T02:00:00+00:00 - [Latin America M&A Outlook 2026: Deal Trends, Risk Architecture, and Nearshoring Opportunities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/latin-america-m-a-outlook-2026-deal-trends-risk-architecture-and-nearshoring-opportunities) — 2026-02-05T13:00:00+00:00 - [AI Automation Without the Hype. Real Nearshore Workflows That Scale](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/ai-automation-without-the-hype-real-nearshore-workflows-that-scale) — 2026-02-02T17:00:00+00:00 - [Discover how nearshore hiring is evolving in 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/discover-how-nearshore-hiring-is-evolving-in-2026) — 2026-01-10T02:00:00+00:00 - [Nearshoring in 2025: Top 7 FAQs About Hiring LATAM Talent Answered by Brian Samson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/nearshoring-in-2025-top-7-faqs-about-hiring-latam-talent-answered-by-brian-samson) — 2026-01-02T01:00:00+00:00 - [From Zero To Onboarded In 14 Days](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/from-zero-to-onboarded-in-14-days) — 2026-01-02T01:00:00+00:00 - [Building a Fintech Startup in the Dominican Republic | 🎙 The Nearshore Cafe Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/building-a-fintech-startup-in-the-dominican-republic-the-nearshore-cafe-podcast) — 2025-12-18T22:00:00+00:00 - [Plaid for LATAM, Prometeo, Uruguay fintech, real-time payments, open banking, scaling fintech in Latin America.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/plaid-for-latam-prometeo-uruguay-fintech-real-time-payments-open-banking-scaling-fintech-in-latin-america) — 2025-12-11T03:00:00+00:00 - [Inside LATAM’s Fintech Boom: Investing, Wealthtech, and Nearshoring with Agustín Guerra](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/inside-latam-s-fintech-boom-investing-wealthtech-and-nearshoring-with-agust-n-guerra) — 2025-11-14T02:00:00+00:00 - [The Nearshore Shift: How LATAM Became the Future of Global Staffing | The Nearshore Cafe Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/the-nearshore-shift-how-latam-became-the-future-of-global-staffing-the-nearshore-cafe-podcast) — 2025-10-31T03:00:00+00:00 - [The Trump Administration’s H1B Hike Is Pushing Mid-Level Roles Nearshore And Changing Global Outsourcing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/the-trump-administration-s-h1b-hike-is-pushing-mid-level-roles-nearshore-and-changing-global-outsourcing) — 2025-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 - [How Leadership, Culture, and Nearshoring Fuel Business Growth in Latin America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/how-leadership-culture-and-nearshoring-fuel-business-growth-in-latin-america) — 2025-10-16T02:00:00+00:00 - [🚀 $50M Series A Tech Startup Scales Fast with Nearshore Talent | Brian Samson | Plugg.tech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/50m-series-a-tech-startup-scales-fast-with-nearshore-talent-brian-samson-plugg-tech) — 2025-07-02T03:00:00+00:00 - [Can a Business Analyst in Mexico really support a U.S. tech team just as well—or better—than someone in Silicon Valley? 🌎](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/can-a-business-analyst-in-mexico-really-support-a-u-s-tech-team-just-as-well-or-better-than-someone-in-silicon-valley) — 2025-06-18T14:00:00+00:00 - [How a San Francisco Startup Cut Dev Costs 60% with LATAM Engineers | Nearshoring Success](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/how-a-san-francisco-startup-cut-dev-costs-60-with-latam-engineers-nearshoring-success) — 2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 - [Building a $6M Remote Sales Operation in Colombia 🎙 The Nearshore Cafe Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/building-a-6m-remote-sales-operation-in-colombia-the-nearshore-cafe-podcast) — 2025-05-28T13:00:00+00:00 - [Build-Operate-Transfer Explained: The Secret Strategy for Scaling Tech Teams in LATAM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/build-operate-transfer-explained-the-secret-strategy-for-scaling-tech-teams-in-latam) — 2025-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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