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I really joined the advisory board to give back to a
publication and forum that helped me. My hope is to
help the new reps coming into the industry like I was
helped. This paying it forward with help from one's
peers is a recipe for success that will help The Green
Sheet over the next 30 years.
Justin Milmeister, CPP
Elite Merchant Solutions
The Green Sheet has been my bible since the moment
I decided to enter the payment processing industry
nearly 12 years ago. The insight provided in each issue
has been instrumental to me in both starting Elite
Merchant Solutions and growing it into a company
honored five years in a row by the Inc. 500/5000 fastest-
growing privately held companies in the nation.

I recall in the early days reading through each Green
Sheet and learning how the complicated puzzle of
payment processing works. Twelve years later, I am
still trying to figure out the puzzle, but I am lightyears
further than I was when I started, and The Green Sheet
certainly played a big part in my continuing education.

The Green Sheet and its contributors have a great ability
to keep readers updated with the latest and greatest in
our industry and forecast quite well what is coming
down the pipeline. This allows people like myself and
other avid Green Sheet readers to stay on the cutting
edge of a very fast-moving industry. I joined The Green
Sheet Advisory Board because I wanted to give back
to a publication that has given so much to me and my
company. Congratulations to The Green Sheet and its
staff for a job well done for 30 years!
Dee Karawadra
Impact PaySystem
Well, this could take up the entire article. The Green
Sheet was how I became an ISO. I was a sales rep for a
company whose values were very different than mine.
I found out about The Green Sheet from some friends
who, at the time, worked at Concord. I got online,
signed up and joined the forum.

The veterans were so helpful (and witty) on the forum.
A month later, I found out about the SEAA show in
Atlanta … and the rest is history. From there, I started
writing articles about petroleum and soon was asked to
SM
write the Street Smarts column.
In the beginning, The Green Sheet helped me find new
ISOs to sign up with, find new vendors, learn about
other products and, more importantly, get to know
some of the staff. To this day, they are all close friends
that I can confide in, go drinking with and talk shop
with.

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