# 🚀 $50M Series A Tech Startup Scales Fast with Nearshore Talent | Brian Samson | Plugg.tech Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/50m-series-a-tech-startup-scales-fast-with-nearshore-talent-brian-samson-plugg-tech Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/50m-series-a-tech-startup-scales-fast-with-nearshore-talent-brian-samson-plugg-tech.md Podcast: [The Nearshore Cafe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903) Published: 2025-07-02T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2417050/episodes/17434992-50m-series-a-tech-startup-scales-fast-with-nearshore-talent-brian-samson-plugg-tech.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2417050/episodes/17434992-50m-series-a-tech-startup-scales-fast-with-nearshore-talent-brian-samson-plugg-tech.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/episodes/50m-series-a-tech-startup-scales-fast-with-nearshore-talent-brian-samson-plugg-tech Duration seconds: 141 ## Resource 🎙️ The Nearshore Cafe Podcast | Hosted by Brian Samson In this episode, Brian Samson — founder of Plugg Technologies and host of The Nearshore Cafe Podcast — shares a powerful success story from a booming Series A tech startup based in Atlanta. With over $50 million raised, this company had the resources to hire from anywhere in the world. But instead of battling the fierce 2022 Silicon Valley talent wars, they chose a smarter path: senior full-stack developers from Latin America. 💡 Hear how ... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/episodes/50m-series-a-tech-startup-scales-fast-with-nearshore-talent-brian-samson-plugg-tech/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903/50m-series-a-tech-startup-scales-fast-with-nearshore-talent-brian-samson-plugg-tech.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.