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How Contractors Can Navigate Growth Amid Higher Costs and a Tight Labor Market

The cost of borrowing money is more expensive. What does that mean for hiring labor and executing on projects?
By Ben Johnston
July 30, 2025
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by Ben Johnston
Ben Johnston is the Chief Operating Officer of Kapitus, one of the most reliable and respected names in small business financing. Kapitus provides growth capital to small businesses and has provided over $7 billion to over 50,000 small businesses since 2006. Kapitus offers a number of loan products to small businesses, including SBA loans, revenue financing, equipment financing, cash-flow based factoring, revolving lines of credit and invoice factoring.

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