Few startups snag big accounts in their first year. But Tint Shift, Elias Basurto’s seven-month-old mobile window tinting company, isn’t just any startup.

Since 2025 began, he’s gone from opening his own business — after years working for an established shop in Casa Grande — to landing an account to do the window tinting for the City of Maricopa’s vehicle fleet. (PD has been rolling out some pretty cool blacked-out cruisers this summer , too.)

For Basurto, it serves as validation for his fledgling business. A city employee saw his ad and recognized his work from the Casa Grande shop, which had been contracted for previous municipal work.

“They knew that I was a trusted source,” Basurto told InMaricopa . “When I launched Tint Shift, they decided to bring us in.”

His long jou

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