Richard (Dick) Talens

Richard (Dick) Talens is an entrepreneur and fitness coach.[1] He is the founder of Fitocracy, an online game and social network with over 10 million users. According to The Economist, Richard came up with the idea of Fitocracy from his past as a geek who played MMORPGs[2]. He was named one of the world's most influential people in health & fitness by Greatist in 2014.[3]

Richard (Dick) Talens
Born (1986-04-01) April 1, 1986
OccupationEntrepreneurship, fitness coach
Known forFitocracy, Miss America 2013
Home townNew Orleans, Louisiana
Websitedicktalens.com

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 Miss America 2013[4]. Richard is also a regular fitness contributor for popular outlets like Lifehacker and Thrillist[5][6] and has spoken about his fitness experience through TEDx[7].

Richard also writes about his extensive experience scaling companies as a growth marketer[8].

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[9] and Mashable has written about his ability to get to sex in 10 texts or less[10]. This is further discussed in former Fox News Host Andrea Tantaros's book, Tied Up in Knots: How Getting What We Wanted Made Women Miserable[11].

Education

Talens has a B.S. in Managing E-Commerce from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.[12]

gollark: Crimes are widely considered bad because they have bad effects on people/cause suffering. I don't agree with causing *more* of that.
gollark: That depends on how much people are committing crimes due to impulse things, and how salient that sort of thing actually is in decision-making wrt. criming crimes.
gollark: I mean that the "maximal punishment" thing is probably emotionally driven.
gollark: If you think it would reduce crime because something something deterrent then... maybe... but just punishing people for the sake of punishing them is not something I can agree with.
gollark: I disagree. Ethics is most important in situations where emotions are running high, like those.

References
  1. Jacque Wilson (October 14, 2011). "Why gamers are a great fit at the gym". CNN. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. "Fitness for geeks and gamers". The Economist. 2012-06-02. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  3. "The 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness". Greatist. February 26, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  4. "Newly-Crowned Miss America Mallory Hytes Hagan Shares Her Beauty and Fitness Secrets". Fitness. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  5. "Introducing Vitals: a Lifehacker Blog All About Health and Fitness". Vitals. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  6. "Dick Talens". Thrillist. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  7. "How I Became a Fitness Guru". TEDx. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  8. "How to stop vanity marketing from killing your startup". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  9. Abrams, Margaret (2014-12-17). "Lulu App 2014 Roundup: The Best Guys". College Candy. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  10. Stadtmiller, Mandy. "How long until sex? For millennials, try 10 texts or less". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  11. Tantaros, Andrea (2016). Tied Up in Knots: How Getting What We Wanted Made Women Miserable. Broadside Books. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0062351869.
  12. "Butter In Your Coffee and Other Cons: Stories From a Fitness Insider".
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