It is a privilege to work with entrepreneurs who own small businesses. I am consistently amazed by the determination, positive attitude, respect of failure, admiration of success and tolerance of the pain that owning a business can cause them. If you are not an owner, multiply the joy, admiration, pain and heartache you think is possible by five and you are likely close to their daily portion of these emotions. 

As an employee, trusted advisor or vendor, it is your responsibility to think about how you can complement the owner of your small business to help them grow and succeed in the endeavor they started. Along the way, you will also find your own success in building something meaningful.