All Articles Tagged Leslie Shiner

Julie Jacobson | 06/02 06:28 AM, 0 Comments

One of the industry’s favorite business instructors is Leslie Shiner, and she has published a gem of a book calledA Simple Guide to Turning a Profit as a Contractor. The book is written like a conversation between a consultant (Hope) and several players. Here, Hope discusses change orders with Mike the contractor. Change Orders Add Money AND Time ... Hope spent some time looking at [Mike’s change-order] form. “I see you have some good information here, Mike. You have a place for a description of the change, what it will… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 05/05 06:32 AM, 3 Comments

One of the industry’s favorite business instructors is Leslie Shiner, and she has published a gem of a book called “A simple Guide to Turning a Profit as a Contractor.” While it is directed at home remodelers, it’s still very relevant to home systems businesses. And it’s not boring. It’s written like a conversation between a consultant and several players in an organization, so you can actually read the thing. Here are some snippets. Consider Miscellaneous Costs She showed him the detail of his account called “Licenses and Permits” and… View this story