2009 Competition Objectives
Economic Fuel: The Humboldt County Student Business Challenge
Sponsored by The Eureka Reporter, LLC

Economic Fuel is a business plan competition for local college students and recent graduates, sponsored by The Eureka Reporter, LLC. The objectives of the competition are to:

• Create a climate of opportunity which provides students and recent graduates with the incentive to apply their education and talents locally.
  
• Nurture local economic development by inspiring and supporting students and
  recent graduates in entrepreneurial pursuits.
  
• Build bonds between local academic institutions, businesses, and the community.
  
• Support formal entrepreneurial education in Humboldt County.
  
• Provide seed capital to initiate and support student managed entrepreneurial
  enterprise

To further achieve these objectives The Eureka Reporter, LLC is coordinating with
Humboldt State University, College of the Redwoods and the local business community to:

• Encourage the integration of entrepreneurial based instruction into the
  curriculums of Humboldt State University & College of the Redwoods.
  
• Encourage the creation of a network of academic and business professionals to
  advise and counsel student entrepreneurs.
  
• Promote lectures and events which support and educate students in small business
  development and planning.

Economic Fuel will culminate in a judged competition in Spring 2009 with eight finalists and the following prizes:

Participation in the Humboldt County Student Business Challenge shall be subject to the Eligibility Criteria and Official Rules of the competition.