'Human Bobber' Inventors in Fort Lauderdale get Shark Tank Deal

Written by   November 20, 2019

Justin Rietema and Doug Schultz are landscape architects by trade, but boaters at heart. So the area residents spent six years developing a life-saving flotation jacket, called the Human Bobber, in the hopes of achieving financial independence.

They took a major step in that direction when they successfully pitched their invention on -TV’s Shark Tank program, winning support from two nationally prominent entrepreneurs.

On Sunday night, Shark Tank revealed on its latest episode that Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary, an investment fund operator and software entrepreneur, pledged to back the inventors with....Read More


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