ABOUT US

Operators. Investors. Advisors.

Stone Capital Partners was founded to help business owners navigate the most consequential moments in their company's life (growth, acquisition or sale) by combining transaction expertise with hands-on operating experience.

At Stone Capital Partners, we believe people are the most powerful lever for growth. Businesses succeed or fail not just because of strategy or capital, but because of the leadership, culture, and teams that carry them forward.

We are not a feel good HR shop or pushy Investment Bank. We are a human capital partner that helps companies unlock growth and create long-term value by putting people at the center.. Whether you are preparing for a sale, integrating an acquisition, stabilizing a turnaround, or building the leadership bench for future growth, we provide clarity and execution when it matters most.

Our approach is simple. We meet you where you are. For some clients that means stepping in as a fractional executive to provide leadership and accountability. For others it means guiding recovery in a distressed situation or preparing for M&A with a focus on people and culture. In every case, our goal is the same: to ensure your business is aligned, resilient, and positioned for what's next.

Our Story

The name Stone Capital Partners reflects both strength and resilience. It was inspired by the Greek myth of Sisyphus, who was condemned to push a boulder uphill for eternity. Too often, business can feel the same way: constant effort without meaningful progress. Our logo represents a different story. With the right structure, strategy, and people, pushing the boulder is no longer endless suffering. It becomes forward motion, momentum, and growth.

The word “Partners” is just as important. We are not advisors shouting from the sidelines or making calls from the cheap seats. We are in it with you, shoulder to shoulder. Our logo is Sisyphus pushing his stone up the mountain. It's deliberate. Albert Camus wrote that we must imagine Sisyphus happy, not because he ever reaches the top, but because he finds meaning in the struggle itself. The work is the point. That's how we think about building value in businesses. There's no moment where it's "done", there's only the daily discipline of people, process and performance.

We find meaning in that work. The repetitive, unglamorous grind that most advisors want to hand off.

We combine M&A advisory with operating support and human capital expertise because you can't separate the deal from its execution. Strategy without accountability is noise. A great valuation means nothing if the team quits after close or the pressures of integration ruin what made the business valuable in the first place.

So we stay in it. We operate as an extension of your team, not as advisors who disappear after the presentation. When things get hard, we're still pushing the stone.

Because the best deal isn't the one that closes fastest. It's the one that still works a decade later.der, helping move the boulder forward. Stone Capital Partners exists to help owners, investors, and leaders move past struggle and build organizations where people are not a cost to be managed but an asset to be leveraged.
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Core Values

Trust Above Transaction

We build relationships that outlast any single deal. Your success over the long term matters more than our revenue in the short term. We give honest advice even when it's not what you want to hear, and we walk away from opportunities that aren't right because reputation and integrity aren't negotiable here.

People Drive Value

People aren't a cost to manage; they're the engine of enterprise value. We protect your team, strengthen your leadership bench, and build systems that let talent drive performance. Growth only scales when people do.

Journey Partners not Consultants

We don't hand off recommendations and disappear. We stay close to the work, co-invest our own capital, and operate as an extension of your team. Strategy without execution is just expensive noise, so we translate plans into action, own accountability for outcomes, and stay in the details until performance shows up in the numbers. When things get hard, we're still in it. We're operators first, advisors second, and that shows in how we work.

MEET Our Team

About Us

Mya Stone

Associate Attorney

Mya Stone, Founder & Managing Partner

Mya Stone spent her career operating and acquiring manufacturing and industrial services companies. She has served as COO, led post-acquisition integrations, and advised on numerous buy-side and sell-side transactions. After earning her MBA from Harvard Business School, Mya founded Stone Capital Partners to provide middle-market owners with sophisticated M&A guidance, operational support, and co-investment capital.

Mya brings a unique combination of operational expertise and investment acumen, having built businesses from the ground up and successfully navigated complex transactions. Her approach focuses on creating sustainable value and ensuring founders achieve their strategic and financial objectives.
Associate Attorney

Billy Baumann, COO & Strategic Advisor

For Billy, business is personal. He is an operator at heart, driven by a relentless passion for understanding what makes a business succeed and a genuine commitment to the people behind it. As a revenue-generating COO, his focus is on tangible growth and scaling companies, not abstract advice. He believes that value is ultimately driven by people, and this principle is the foundation of his hands-on approach to partnership.

This perspective was forged in the founder’s seat. Having successfully built, scaled, and exited his own companies, Billy possesses a rare and invaluable understanding of the entrepreneurial journey. He has navigated the complexities of building sales infrastructure from scratch, led teams through critical growth phases, and managed the strategic intricacies of a successful exit. This firsthand experience ensures his guidance is grounded in proven, real-world strategies that work.

At Stone Capital Partners, Billy applies his operator-first mentality to help founders achieve their vision. He works side-by-side with leadership teams to scale their businesses, strengthen execution, and build lasting value. By focusing on practical, results-driven initiatives, he helps create robust, scalable companies that are positioned for long-term success and strategic optionality.

Billy Baumann

We are located in Michigan with 2 locations; Grand Rapids and Birmingham which allow us to serve clients nationwide.

If you're considering an acquisition, preparing to sell, or need experienced leadership, let's have a conversation.

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