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How a San Francisco Startup Cut Dev Costs 60% with LATAM Engineers | Nearshoring Success
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- The Nearshore Cafe
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- Jun 12, 2025
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- 176
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Summary
What happens when a Series B startup in San Francisco realizes they’re paying over $200K per year for a remote engineer—and getting no extra value from being in the Bay Area? They go nearshore. And they win. Big. In this episode of The Nearshore Cafe Podcast, host Brian Samson (Founder of Plugg Technologies) shares the true story of how one founder turned to LATAM developers to scale faster, cut costs, and build better—without sacrificing time zone alignment, communication, or talent qu...