Jerry Smith's entrepreneurial streak helped shape a successful 45-year career in commercial banking. He was founding CEO of First Business Bank and its parent company. Jerry is now chairman of First Business Financial Services, a publicly traded company with a $200 million market cap and $1.8 billion in assets. 1. Trust your instincts and don’t quit Despite the fact that he would be paralyzed for 36 years, Jerry’s dad never gave up hope that he would one day walk again. In his father’s prayer