Why I built Robin

A coach I know spent weeks posting in Facebook groups trying to find a practice partner. Not one she could reliably schedule with. Just one willing to show up. She was racking up hours toward her accreditation. Finding partners to log those hours turned out to be the actual work.

I’m a software engineer. I’d been coaching other engineers informally, at work and outside, and I’d hit the same wall for myself.

I had a choice: train as a coach and join the pool of people trying to practise, or build the thing that was missing.

I talked to coaches. Every single one had the same story with different details. A platform that promised matching then asked for $150 a round. Facebook groups that went quiet. Cohort partners who disappeared the week they graduated. Friends and family getting tired of being practice clients. Nobody said the problem was a shortage of coaches.

So I built Robin.

One private space where coaches find each other, message, schedule, and video call. Without leaving. Without giving out personal details. Free. Your practice partner won’t be from your school. Won’t speak your programme’s language. Won’t tell you what you want to hear. That’s closer to what a real client sounds like.

Robin exists to serve coaches. I make the tool. You do the work.