Videos
As a businessman, engineer, and philanthropist, Robert F. Smith has been invited to speak on a wide range of issues.
The second video from the interview: “NAIC Insights Live” hosted by Robert L. Greene, President and CEO of the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) featuring Robert F. Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. Smith talks about how his background in chemical engineering helped him see the business world and carve his own definition of success.
The first video from the interview: “NAIC Insights Live” hosted by Robert L. Greene, President and CEO of the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) featuring Robert F. Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. Greene asks Smith to define what success meant to him as a student.
In the seventh video clip of the 2017 Entrepreneurship at Cornell fireside chat hosted by former Dean of Engineering, Lance Collins, Robert F. Smith told Collins and audience members that he believed that it was a great time to start a business and explained why. Smith’s remarks followed his receipt of Cornell’s 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
In the fifth video clip of the 2017 Entrepreneurship at Cornell fireside chat hosted by former Dean of Engineering, Lance Collins, Robert F. Smith spoke about how he “anticipates what’s next” in the technology industry. Smith’s remarks followed his receipt of Cornell’s 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
In the fourth video clip of the 2017 Entrepreneurship at Cornell fireside chat hosted by the former Dean of Engineering, Lance Collins, Robert F. Smith talks about how to develop into an entrepreneur and the traits to hone to become one. The conversation included risk management and seeking the right culture in which talent can flourish. Smith’s remarks followed his receipt of Cornell’s 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
In the third video clip of the 2017 Entrepreneurship at Cornell fireside chat hosted by the former Dean of Engineering, Lance Collins, Robert F. Smith talks about developing a philosophy of entrepreneurship and the importance of leaning into peers in other noncompetitive industries. Smith’s remarks followed his receipt of Cornell’s 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
In the second video clip of the 2017 Entrepreneurship at Cornell fireside chat hosted by the university’s former Dean of Engineering Lance Collins, Robert F. Smith discusses the influence of engineering methodology on his perception and practice in the financial marketplace. Smith’s remarks followed his receipt of Cornell’s 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
In the first video segment of the 2017 Entrepreneurship at Cornell discussion hosted by then Dean of Engineering Lance Collins, Robert F. Smith discusses his journey to entrepreneur, which took an alternate path through chemical engineering to a career in finance. Smith’s remarks followed his receipt of Cornell’s 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
The third video from the discussion: “Voter Suppression: A Human Rights Issue Or The Battle for the Ballot,” hosted by The Martin Luther King, Jr Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Vista Equity Partners Founder, Chairman and CEO Robert F. Smith and Ken Chenault, Managing Director of venture capital firm General Catalyst Partners, discuss being “in the room” and the progress made and still to come on the topic of corporate responsibility regarding Civil Rights.
The second video from the discussion: “Voter Suppression: A Human Rights Issue Or The Battle for the Ballot,” hosted by The Martin Luther King, Jr Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Vista Equity PartnersFounder, Chairman and CEO Robert F. Smith and Ken Chenault, Managing Director of venture capital firm General Catalyst Partners, share a few details behind the scenes regarding the historic anti-suppression document, “Memo to Corporate America: The Fierce Urgency is Now.”