If you've seen the Season 9 "Shark Tank" episode in question, you know things were shaky right from the get-go for the young creator of Savy Shopping app.

T he fourth episode of the ninth season of "Shark Tank" premiered on ABC on October 15, 2017. The fourth and final pitch featured that week was Benjilock, a padlock with a fingerprint reader.

That was just the case during a Season 9 episode in which entrepreneur Ryan Diew initially appeared to have a shark or two on the investment hook as he laid out his plans for Trippie, an iPhone ...