Smith founded the Linnean Society of London five years later.

In addition, Smith founded the snowboard company Spring Break Snowboards.

Smith also founded and presented the first 100 episodes of the Nature Podcast for the journal Nature.

Later Smith founded the publishing house The Century Company, and assumed sole ownership of both magazines.

Smith has founded a company to handle the exigencies of getting her incubators up and running and out into the field.

Smith founded the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra in 1995, and remains its director.

In 1964, Smith founded the St. George's Singers, which he still directs.

Smith founded the non-profit charity Common Threads, which focuses on teaching children about different cultures through food and art.

In 1973, Smith, along with his sister Toukie Smith, founded their own clothing company that soon failed.

Smith founded the Lab School for children with learning difficulties in 1967.