Richard Talens is an entrepreneur and

fitness coach A personal trainer is an individual who creates and delivers safe and effective exercise programs for apparently healthy individuals and groups, or those with medical clearance to exercise. They motivate clients by collaborating to set goals, p ...

. 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. He was named one of the world's most influential people in health & fitness by

Greatist Greatist is a fitness, health, and happiness Internet media startup founded in 2011 by Derek Flanzraich. It is aimed primarily at an 18-35 year old audience and has a "painstaking focus on quality." Greatist has raised over $8 million from promin ...

in 2014.

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.

Education

Talens has a

B.S. A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...

in Managing E-Commerce from the Wharton School at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

References

External links

"How I Got Ripped At 500 Startups" by Dick Talens
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talens, Dick 1988 births Living people Businesspeople from New Orleans Fitness and figure competitors People from Clinton Hill, Brooklyn