Tech. Sgt. Tom Burden, an F-16 weapons mechanic assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, looks over a crowd of friends, relatives, journalists and investors who came from across the country to join him Nov. 12, 2017 at Rev1 Ventures in Columbus, Ohio for a watch party for the debut of an episode of Shark Tank in which he competed for funding for his invention, the Grypmat. Burden invented a flexible, non-slip tool tray for aircraft mechanics and was recently a contestant on Shark Tank, a business-themed show where entrepreneurs compete for funding from celebrity investors. ( Air National Guard

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Tech. Sgt. Tom Burden, an F-16 weapons mechanic assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, looks over a crowd of friends, relatives, journalists and investors who came from across the country to join him Nov. 12, 2017 at Rev1 Ventures in Columbus, Ohio for a watch party for the debut of an episode of Shark Tank in which he competed for funding for his invention, the Grypmat. Burden invented a flexible, non-slip tool tray for aircraft mechanics and was recently a contestant on Shark Tank, a business-themed show where entrepreneurs compete for funding from celebrity investors. ( Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Hughes)

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