[adventured]

I've watched Shark Tank from the first season. The radical majority of Cuban's deals in fact are minority positions. He very rarely buys controlling stakes.

His most valuable asset is time, and he's already loaded up on investments. He doesn't want to run the companies, so most of the time he prefers to retain the entrepreneurs or not invest, and he makes that clear routinely on Shark Tank.

Kevin is the shark that most frequently seeks complete buyouts.

[jonnathanson]

You're probably right. I thew Cuban's name out there as a random example, and I probably shouldn't have.

That said, I've seen most of the show (perhaps not much of the first season, but most of the series since then), and I would guess buyout -- or at least buy-to-flip -- deals are the majority and not the exceptions.

[dham]

No the buyouts are the exception.