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Missoula entrepreneur premieres on ‘Shark Tank’

March 10, 2023/

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Missoula entrepreneur Ryan Guay hopes his company’s appearance on the Shark Tank TV show Friday will help his inflatable business blow up.

Guay and his partners started designing inflatable products out of San Diego but recently set up shop here in his hometown. FLATED sells inflatable truck toppers, rooftop cargo carriers and custom truck bed buildouts.

“We’re looking to make Missoula our customer service and product development home base,” said Guay, a fifth-generation Montanan.

The key to FLATED’s success came when Guay moved back to Missoula in August 2020.

“We’ve never left and we don’t plan on it,” he said.

  • By BRET ANNE SERBIN


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