Long Beach, CA, December 23, 2013 - Unless you've been there, it's hard to imagine the perils of a local businessman in the financial services industry, especially in an urban community where perceptions are poor, and stigmas are high for such establishments. Nixland (Business Ghost Books), by entrepreneur Tom Nix, shows how a business can team up with a community and improve life for everybody involved.
Meet Tom Nix: hard-working student, grocer, check casher, street fighter, sheriff, consumer advocate, a businessman who gives back. Nixland is the gripping story of the founder of Nix Check Cashing, the largest check cashing chain in Southern California. In the early days, Nix overcame armed robberies, cutthroat competition, an assassination threat by a Chicago mob and huge obstacles during the L.A. riots to provide desperately needed services to the community. Nix believes passionately in fair dealing. From the beginning, his business hired almost exclusively from the community and he insisted that local check cashing chains prominently post fees and service charges to avoid price gouging. He fought for legislation to protect consumers from fraud and unscrupulous practices. Even as he negotiated the sale of the business to Kinecta Federal Credit Union in 2007, he insisted the needs of the community come first.$14.95
ISBN-13: 978-0988415102
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