Ideas galore:A 'Shark Tank'-style event helped onecompany generate innovative ideas and get buy-infrom the team

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The team at Timberline Landscaping in Colorado Springs, Colo., created an in-person opportunity for employees to pitch ideas to help the company grow strategically.Sound familiar? The company modeled the initiative after the hit TV show "Shark Tank," on which entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to celebrity business people in an effort to get them to sign on as investors.