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PopCal

About PopCal

Built from years of work with instruction businesses.

PopCal began as a lesson scheduling system for one fencing club and grew into software for the business behind lessons, classes, accounts, and billing.

From Gideon

PopCal started with a practical scheduling problem. In 2010, I built the first version for a fencing club that was managing private lessons with paper and pencil.

What began as a scheduling tool quickly became a window into the rest of the business: who was taking lessons, what they had paid for, who needed to be contacted, what changed, and what needed to be remembered later.

That product became ScheduleFencing and grew with clubs over many years. PopCal is the next step: a new foundation shaped by that experience and designed for a broader range of instruction businesses.

Gideon Popkin

Founder of PopCal and ScheduleFencing

  1. 2010

    Started with one club

    The first version was built to help a fencing club manage private lessons without paper schedules.

  2. ScheduleFencing

    Shaped by real operations

    As more clubs used the system, it grew around the scheduling, billing, account, and staff workflows they handled every day.

  3. PopCal

    Expanded for instruction teams

    PopCal carries that experience into a modern platform for clubs, academies, studios, and coaching teams.

How PopCal is built

Simple when the day is simple. Ready when it isn’t.

Clear day-to-day

Everyday booking, attendance, and checkout work stays easy to follow.

Depth when needed

Simple workflows can handle complicated schedules, balances, and policies.

Shaped by real use

Customer conversations help guide the details that make PopCal work better.

See how PopCal fits your team.

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