{"id":1151,"slug":"bta-contractor-growth-method-600-contractors","title":"Breakthrough Academy (BTA) — Vancouver-HQ, founded 2015; \"Contractor Growth Method\"; 600+ contractor companies (~30% Canadian / 70% US); Contractor Evolution podcast","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["gc-vertical","contractor-coaching"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Breakthrough Academy (BTA) is the dominant Canadian-headquartered trades-specific peer-coaching organization.\n\n- Vancouver-HQ, founded 2015 by Igor Trninic and Danny Kerr\n- BTA's own website and Build Show Network partner bio state **\"over 600 contracting companies across North America\"**\n- FAQ describes the split as approximately **30% Canadian / 70% US**\n- Curriculum: the **\"Contractor Growth Method™\"** — 6-week onboarding, then 2–3-year implementation phase with bi-weekly coach meetings, dashboards, KPI tracking, and cohort accountability\n- Produces the **Contractor Evolution** podcast, the most influential single Canadian-contractor information channel\n\n**Confidence:** Industry-consensus on existence and approximate scale; figures are organization-reported.\n\n**For Candid:** BTA is the single highest-leverage peer-coaching cohort in the Canadian contractor market. A Candid client inside a BTA cohort recommending Candid in their bi-weekly meeting is the **highest-yield reputation event available to Candid** in the in-group reputation channel.\n\n**Outcome metrics:** [[breakthrough-academy-coaching-self-reported-outcomes]] gives the self-reported 25%/69% revenue/profit growth figures with appropriate caveats (company-reported, not independently audited).","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"research-brief-trust-networks-in-group-reputation-may-2026","title":"Research brief: trust, referral networks, and in-group reputation in Ontario's trades economy (May 2026 — Foundation Brief #3)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"breakthrough-academy-coaching-self-reported-outcomes","title":"Breakthrough Academy (Vancouver) — 70% U.S. / 30% Canadian members; self-reported −22 hrs/week, +69% net profit year one","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"peer-coached-contractor-persona-synthesis","title":"Peer-coached contractor persona — quarterly planning cadence, dashboards, cohort-mediated vendor decisions; highest-value AND highest-risk Candid prospect","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"rule-target-peer-coached-contractor-persona-with-explicit-qualification","title":"R3 — Target the peer-coached contractor as highest-value persona; explicitly qualify BTA/EOS/Vistage/TAB membership in discovery; staff for the persona's information environment","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-25T13:34:11.191Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T13:34:11.191Z"}