CASE STUDY — ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT · 2022 TO PRESENT

Team Steam Nation & Andretti Garage — Bringing STEAM to Life for 60 Million K-12 Students

For the past three years I've been working with Team Steam Nation and the Andretti family on one ofthe more interesting product challenges I've encountered — how do you make a 14-year-old genuinely excited about mechanical engineering?

What follows is an honest overview of what we've built, why it matters, and the partnership opportunity at this stage of development. — Jim Raubolt, Product Strategy & Alliance Advisor.

— Jim Raubolt, Product Strategy & Alliance Advisor

THE PROBLEM

The workforce pipeline is breaking — and companies are already feeling it

American businesses face an accelerating crisis: the STEAM-educated talent pipeline is collapsing. Traditional education is failing to engage modern students — particularly in automotive, manufacturing, and technology sectors that need skilled workers most. The critical intervention window is middle school. By high school, most career trajectories are already set.

60M+
K–12 students
Target market
Grades 6–12
Inside/outside the classroom
Any device, any location
501(c)(3)
Non-profit structure
TSN & Andretti Garage

THE PLATFORM

A patent-pending platform powered by the Andretti legacy

Team Steam Nation combines Gaming Science, Learning Science, and Storytelling — a "trilogy" methodology that treats education like a story students want to be inside of. Through Andretti Garage, students are guided by digital avatars including Mario, Jeff, and Adam Andretti through browser-based, automotive-focused STEAM episodes. The Andretti connection is not a branding exercise. It is the hook that makes a student in a low-income school district genuinely curious about mechanical engineering.

Browser-basedLow-bandwidthAny deviceAI performance trackingNGSS-alignedPatent pendingFree student accessAvatar-based learning

CURRENT STATUS — AN HONEST ASSESSMENT

Built. Validated. Seeking the right partners to scale.

Platform built and functional
Pedagogy/standards methodology
Andretti alliance established
University validation
Patent pending
Corporate partners expansion

This is early-stage in the best sense: infrastructure exists, vision is clear, and the opportunity to get involved before this reaches national scale is real and time-limited.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Your brand. Your engineers. Digitized and embedded directly into the lessons.

This is a structured strategic partnership with measurable business outcomes — specifically workforce development, brand integration, and recruitment pipeline building.

SME digitization
Your lead engineers become avatars guiding students through curriculum — your people, culture, and career paths embedded directly in the learning experience.
Brand integration
Your products and career pathways incorporated into lesson content organically — not as an ad, but as the context students learn within.
Recruitment pipeline
AI tracking identifies students aligned to your specific hiring needs — candidates who understand your industry before they apply.
Verifiable CSR impact
Engagement data and performance metrics reportable to stakeholders — not anecdotes, measurable outcomes.
JR
Jim Raubolt
Helping businesses validate ideas, confirm market demand, and scale through strategic alliances · Mosaic Partner Solutions · CSPO · MBA
My role with Team Steam Nation and Andretti Garage spans the full product strategy and commercialization lifecycle — from product roadmap and market validation to adaptive AI, strategic alliance development, IP strategy, and commercialization. The Andretti Garage initiative specifically brings Mario, Jeff, and Adam Andretti to life as digital learning avatars that guide K–12 students through browser-based, automotive-focused STEAM curriculum — making complex engineering concepts engaging and accessible to students who might never otherwise encounter them. On the partnership side I work across both funding pathways: securing charitable support for TSN's nonprofit lesson content development and building the pipeline of corporate sponsors integrated into the platform through Octane Media. This engagement is the applied demonstration of the Mosaic Partner Solutions advisory model — validating a complex multi-stakeholder product concept and closing the strategic alliances that scale it. Right product. Right market. Right partners.

TSN and Andretti Garage represent one engagement within the Mosaic Partner Solutions portfolio. I help early-stage founders and small businesses validate product concepts and close strategic alliances. Currently accepting new client engagements — visit mosaicpartnersolutions.com.

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Interested in supporting TSN?

TSN’s mission is supported through several distinct pathways — understanding which fits your organization is the starting point for a conversation.

Pathway 1

For Foundations & Corporate Philanthropists

Charitable Funding for TSN Lesson Content

Foundations and corporate charitable giving programs whose mission includes STEAM education access or underserved community investment. Charitable contributions go directly to Team Steam Nation as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

Pathway 2

For Corporate Workforce Development & Marketing

Brand and Avatar Integration through Octane Media

Companies whose workforce development, recruitment pipeline, or brand integration goals align with TSN's platform and learning content. Corporate sponsorships are managed through Octane Media, TSN's for-profit commercialization partner.

Pathway 3

For Educators & School Districts

Educational Partnership

Schools, districts, and educational administrators looking to bring TSN's STEAM curriculum into their classrooms. TSN programming is designed for grades 6–12 and aligns with workforce readiness standards.

Pathway 4

For Workforce Development Organizations

Building the Pipeline Together

Regional and national workforce development organizations whose goals align with TSN's model of connecting classroom learning to career pathways. TSN's digitized subject-matter expert approach creates measurable outcomes for students entering technical fields.

Pathway 5

For Individual Donors

Every Contribution Moves the Needle

Individuals who want to directly support student access to TSN programming. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, donations to Team Steam Nation are tax-deductible and go directly toward curriculum development and program delivery.

Pathway 6

For Media & Press

Covering STEM, Motorsports, or Youth Development?

Journalists, producers, and content creators covering STEAM education, workforce development, or motorsports culture. We welcome the opportunity to share what TSN is building.

Not sure which pathway fits your organization? No problem — just tell us a little about yourself in the message field and we’ll figure it out together.

Get Involved with Team Steam Nation

Whether you’re looking to donate, partner, educate, or just learn more — there’s a place for you in the TSN ecosystem.

Let’s Start a Conversation

Looking for product strategy or alliance advisory support? TSN and Andretti Garage represent one engagement within the Mosaic Partner Solutions portfolio.
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