Canisius MBA

Clark Banach is an economist who wants to run his company differently.  In lieu of earning a traditional CEO’s salary, he’d rather surround himself with people who he said want to deliver value and positively impact the business. Banach launched a not-for-profit agency in January with rugby teammate and fellow Canisius College graduate Dean Bourque. The pair has a little more than two dozen part-time and volunteer workers for them to support Creative Hope, which was designed to help the underserved explore and develop their art and music skills. Banach illustrated how his company is set up and supported by distinct, separate for-profit agencies he and Bourque also created by drawing a solar system-type model. Banach starts with Creative Hope, which is the sun in his universe. It was designed to provide art equipment and other resources to those who have just graduated college. Banach said the goal of Creative Hope is to eventually offer scholarships in music and fine art, and courses in financial literacy. He has been meeting with leadership in the Masten District to acquire an old school building at

, with the idea of using it as a headquarters for Creative Hope, an art gallery and learning center.  Next, Banach draws four planets that orbit Creative Hope: Northstar Media Studios, an Erie, Penn.-based recording studio; Art Genesis, an art production and merchandising company; Angelic Ink, a publishing company scheduled to release its first book in November; and Sparkable Inc., a Web content management company.

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