Episode 226: Nicholas Molina and Tînto Communications

This week on the podcast we connected over Zoom with local entrepreneur Nicholas Molina. Nicholas has worn many hats in the community. He serves as the Vice President and Director of Communications for the Alliance of Chicanos, Hispanics, and Latin Americas (ACHLA). He’s done work with Threshold Arts. He’s teaching himself software development and data science, writing a science fiction series, and building his own business. Last year, Nicholas launched Tînto Communications (‘tînto’ means both ‘ink’ and ‘black coffee’ in Spanish) to fill a need he saw in the community. Now, he’s leveraging his past experiences with communications, graphic design, and videography within the business to help nonprofits and other community based organizations provide communications, especially related to health and other basic needs, in multiple languages. On the podcast today, we talk more about Tînto Communications, how Nicholas’s past experiences contribute to what he’s doing today, his passion for entrepreneurship, and more.

Links from today’s show:
Website: https://www.tintollc.com
Facebook: @tintocomm

Music Attribution: Like That by Ano Domini Beats is licensed through the YouTube Audio Library.

Episode Breakdown:
0:00 Start
2:52 Intro to Nicholas
5:04 Settling into the Rochester community
8:33 About Tînto Communications
15:45 How past experiences and lessons learned contribute to what Nicholas is doing today
26:29 First steps he took to get Tînto Communications off the ground
32:11 Connecting to first customers
37:21 Persevering through the first year of business growth
40:59 His draw to entrepreneurship and business ownership
43:01 Final thoughts and how to connect with the business
47:15 Conclusion
48:15 End

This week on the podcast we connected over Zoom with local entrepreneur Nicholas Molina. Nicholas has worn many hats in the community. He serves as the Vice President and Director of Communications for the Alliance of Chicanos, Hispanics, and Latin Americas (ACHLA). He’s done work with Threshold Arts. He’s teaching himself software development and data science, writing a science fiction series, and building his own business. Last year, Nicholas launched Tînto Communications (‘tînto’ means both ‘ink’ and ‘black coffee’ in Spanish) to fill a need he saw in the community. Now, he’s leveraging his past experiences with communications, graphic design, and videography within the business to help nonprofits and other community based organizations provide communications, especially related to health and other basic needs, in multiple languages. On the podcast today, we talk more about Tînto Communications, how Nicholas’s past experiences contribute to what he’s doing today, his passion for entrepreneurship, and more.

Links from today’s show:

Website: https://www.tintollc.com

Facebook: @tintocomm

Music Attribution: Like That by Ano Domini Beats is licensed through the YouTube Audio Library. 

Episode Breakdown:

0:00 Start

2:52 Intro to Nicholas

5:04 Settling into the Rochester community

8:33 About Tînto Communications

15:45 How past experiences and lessons learned contribute to what Nicholas is doing today

26:29 First steps he took to get Tînto Communications off the ground

32:11 Connecting to first customers

37:21 Persevering through the first year of business growth 

40:59 His draw to entrepreneurship and business ownership

43:01 Final thoughts and how to connect with the business

47:15 Conclusion

48:15 End