Richard Talens is an entrepreneur and

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. He is the founder of Fitocracy, an online game and social network with over 10 million users. According to

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, Talens came up with the idea of Fitocracy from his past as a geek who played MMORPGs.

Career

Besides being an entrepreneur, Richard also speaks and writes about his experience as a fitness coach and a growth hacker. Richard was Mallory Hagan's fitness coach on her road to becoming

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. Richard is also a regular fitness contributor for popular outlets like Lifehacker and Thrillist and has spoken about his fitness experience through

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. Richard also writes about his extensive experience scaling companies as a growth marketer.

Dating

Richard has been written about in various outlets and books for his prolific dating history. Lulu, listed him as one of the top 10 rated men of 2014 and

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has written about his ability to get to sex in 10 texts or less. This is further discussed in former

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Host Andrea Tantaros's book, Tied Up in Knots: How Getting What We Wanted Made Women Miserable.

Education

Talens has a B.S. in Managing E-Commerce from the Wharton School at the

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References

External links

"How I Got Ripped At 500 Startups" by Dick Talens"How to stop vanity marketing from killing your startup" by Dick Talens"Fitness for geeks and gamers" The Economist (Print)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talens, Dick 1988 births Living people Businesspeople from New Orleans Fitness and figure competitors People from Clinton Hill, Brooklyn