Mr. Giles McDaniel

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  H. Giles McDaniel, Executive Director: giles@shoalsec.com

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  The moderator will be Giles McDaniel, director of the Shoals Entrepreneurial Center.

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  Giles McDanielNortheast Alabama Entrepreneurial System

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  "The small manufacturers that are surviving today are very niche-oriented," says Giles McDaniel, executive director of the Shoals Entrepreneurial Center in Florence, Ala. "They're not out there trying to serve hundreds of customers."
  
  In fact, many of SEC's manufacturing clients have only four or five customers because their businesses are so specialized, he says.Although relying too heavily on any one customer can be dangerous, having a small -but loyal - customer base is often a way of life for small manufacturers.
  
  For example, Verus Works, a machine shop at SEC that produces valves and fittings for the aerospace and oil services industries, doesn't worry too much about growing its customer base quickly, as it has several specialized clients that need its services regularly."The overall economy doesn't really affect their business," McDaniel says.
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  "Quality," McDaniel says.
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  "These leasing companies have greater confidence in a client located in a business incubator," McDaniel says.
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  Giles McDaniel, executive director, Shoals Entrepreneurial Center, Florence, Ala.

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  "There's just a lot of interest out there," said Shoals Entrepreneurial Center Executive Director Giles McDaniel.
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  "We've put together a committee of individuals with expertise, about as much expertise, as you'll find in the area," McDaniel said.
  
  McDaniel said the program will also help individuals who might have good ideas that are not currently feasible to pursue today.
  
  "If the market is not ready, they're going to lose a lot of time and money," McDaniel said.
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  McDaniel said much of the renewable energy field will be driven by parameters set by energy companies and industries such as the automotive industry based on the type of technology they plan to pursue.
  
  Rising fuel prices have created a need to pursue alternative energy sources that were not in demand in the past, he said.
  
  Examples of renewable energy are biofuels, or using organic products such as plants or used cooking oil to produce fuel.
  
  "We're looking at energy that's created from products that don't affect the food supply chain and are easily grown and replenished," McDaniel said.
  
  The use of corn to produce ethanol, which is used as a gasoline additive, has caused food prices to increase.McDaniel said there are other crops that can be used as renewable energy sources that would not affect food prices.
  
  The Shoals Entrepreneurial Center and BizTech have provided business incubation services in Colbert, Lauderdale and Madison counties for more than 10 years.The renewable energy program will provide services to an additional 11 Alabama counties and nine counties in Tennessee that currently do not have access to business incubation services and are at risk for renewable energy business failures.
  
  "This is just the start," McDaniel said.

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  Giles McDaniel, executive director of the Shoals Entrepreneurial Center, will talk about the challenges renewable energy companies face in getting their products developed and marketable.
  
  Working with Huntsville business incubator BizTech and Appalachian Regional Commission federal funding, the center has developed a model for businesses interested in entering the renewable energy market.
  
  "We've had several people from the area interested," McDaniel said.
  
  If someone has an idea, McDaniel said the center can take it to someone with technical expertise who knows the hoops and hurdles of developing a product or service.

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  "You can do a lot with four people," said Giles McDaniel, executive director of Shoals Entrepreneurial Center, who said he wasn't surprised by the census data.
  
  Across the board, technology, software and manufacturing automation reduced the number of people needed in an industry, McDaniel said.

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  Giles McDaniel, executive director of the Shoals Entrepreneurial Center, said he has talked with several clients about exporting their products.
  
  "I've visited with several people at the culinary center," he said."Exporting food can be done, but it's tricky business."
  
  McDaniel said Haddock is taking advantage of business from many developing countries.

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  Giles McDaniel, executive director of the Shoals Entrepreneurial Center, said he is pleased that Digital Arts Shoals can work with Concrete Dream Inc. and the Film Commission of Northwest Alabama and help host the workshops.
  
  "Part of this synergy we're trying to build with the digital entertainment industry centers around job training and increasing skills of local people who are interested in this," McDaniel said."It's about job skills

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  Giles McDaniel (right) leads the tour.
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  Shoals Entrepreneurial Center Executive Director Giles McDaniel said he was honored to have the ARC visit the center.
  
  "We were one of the focuses of why they're meeting here, to see what we've done with economic development initiatives," McDaniel said.
  
  He said the ARC has key decision makers that have helped fulfill requests for grants toward economic development and helping businesses thrive in the Shoals.
  
  "They shape where the dollars will go for the future concerning economic development," he said.

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