SHARK TANK – “Episode 912” – A U.S. Air Force fighter-jet machine-gun mechanic from Columbus, Ohio, introduces a high-performance problem-solver; an entrepreneur from Queens, New York, hopes the Sharks bite into a DNA test that aims to aid and optimize medical research; a Dallas, Texas, entrepreneur duo hopes to lure the Sharks with their high-tech solution for a common household chore; robots and drones are all the rage with boys, but one Bethesda, Maryland, entrepreneur is hoping to encourage more girls to get into coding and technology, on “Shark Tank,” SUNDAY, NOV. 12 (9:00-10:00 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Eric McCandless)
DAYMOND JOHN, RICHARD BRANSON, MARK CUBAN, LORI GREINER, ROBERT HERJAVEC, TOM BURDEN (GRYPMAT)
Grypmat – Use It Everywhere
Tools sliding off the aircraft have been a persistent problem for nearly every person in aviation maintenance. It was an airman with the 180th Fighter Wing (known as the Stingers) with more persistence and innovative savvy who finally fixed this problem. Tom Burden was an engineering student at the time, serving in the Ohio Air National Guard, when he began prototyping solutions in his parent’s basement. Putting in the time in that basement and barn—eventually landed him (in November 2017) on Shark Tank, where he confidently negotiated and captured three billionaire investors (Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, and Lori Greiner). Tom is now the founder of Grypmat, which produces a high-performance, nonmagnetic, nonslip, chemical resistant, antistatic rubber tool mat that keeps tools and hardware in place, no matter where you need to put them.
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