Examples shown for clarity; scores weight trust-first features.
Partial credit is given for limited or optional features, while penalties apply for fraud risks, data leaks or resale, excessive ads, high commissions, delayed payouts, or fake accounts.
The scoring system emphasizes trust, fairness, and transparency above all else.
Team
Creator: Anthony Bauman
Finance Partner: Stripe
Legal Partner: Grant Attorneys
Tech & Ops: lean contractor network (scale only as needed)
Intern support: pre-launch
Employees: added only with growth
Members: the true engine of scale
Stablemate runs lean and debt-free. Founder-led, member-scaled.
No bloated payroll, no vanity hires. Growth is powered by verified members,
not expensive overhead.
Traction & Signals
Pre-launch readiness. Stablemate is fully engineered, verified, and pay-to-play from day one, no free churn, no fake accounts.
Everything needed is built. Growth comes only from paid, verified members.
Vision & Roadmap
Clear path forward. Stablemate launches fully built, scales globally,
and positions itself as the trust layer for verified skills worldwide.
Near-term
Launch first paid, verified members
Expand community & regional adoption
Grow referral network organically
Enable verified global payments
Launch integrated Group & Open Mic forums
Support HR & hiring as trusted compliance-ready tools
Long-term
Operate in 100+ countries & currencies
Deepen institutional & partner integrations
Scale forums globally for training & community adoption
Advance trust & security continuously
Establish compliance infrastructure for global workforce
Stand as the global trust layer for skills
Execution: launch verified, grow member-first, scale globally, and embed as infrastructure.
Compliance and forums drive adoption across grassroots and institutional layers, locking Stablemate as the trusted standard.
Investment summary
Debt-free, no outside funding required.
Stablemate grows on member subscriptions alone. The following what-if cases
simply illustrate potential outcomes if someone handed over outside capital.
U.S. What-if Case
Hypothetical outside check: $250k
Goal: 175,000 members
Return target: ~30×
Sales multiple: ~4.0×
Option pool: 15%
Implied value: ~$5M
LTV/CAC: ~4:1
Investor ROI: ~$7.5M return on $250k
Global What-if Case
Hypothetical outside check: $5M
Goal: 3,500,000 members
Return target: ~30×
Sales multiple: ~4.0×
Option pool: 15%
Implied value: ~$52M
LTV/CAC: ~4:1
Investor ROI: ~$150M return on $5M
These cases are hypothetical. Stablemate is not seeking outside funding, but if capital were provided, this is how the math would play out.
Join Stablemate
$60/year. Verified. No ads. No cut. No gimmicks.
The table is built, the offer is clear: only paid, verified members get a seat.