Many developers build the wrong product for the wrong market with the wrong partners.
I help you fix all three.

From unvalidated idea to paying customers. Without wasting time or money.

Current Flagship Engagement

Architecting the product strategy and commercialization ecosystem for Team Steam Nation & Andretti Garage  –  featuring Mario, Jeff, and Adam Andretti as digital learning avatars for K-12 STEAM education. Accepting a limited number of new client engagements.

About Jim

You Don't Need a Massive Agency.
You Need Someone Who Has Done This Before.

I've worked inside Fortune 500 firms and sat in the trenches of early-stage startups. I know what it's like to wear five hats, operate on a shoestring budget, and make high-stakes product decisions without enough data. What I've learned across 15+ years, eight patent filings, and multimillion-dollar alliance closures is this: the founders who succeed aren't the ones who build the fastest. They're the ones who validate first and partner smart.

Through Mosaic Partner Solutions I bring the rigor of a Certified Scrum Product Owner, the strategic foundation of an MBA, and a named validation framework — the White Space Validation — directly to founders and small teams who need executive-grade thinking without the agency price tag.

How I Help

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Not sure your idea will sell

An intensive teardown of your concept using the Jobs-To-Be-Done framework. I identify your riskiest assumption and tell you what to test before spending another dollar. You will have a prioritized list of the assumptions standing between you and a paying customer.

Outcome

Clarity on whether to build, pivot, or kill the idea, before you spend another dollar.

Need to prove demand before you build

I design your Minimum Viable Test, guide you through running it with real potential customers, and interpret the results. No building blind. You get an informed read on actual market demand before writing extensive code or consuming your funding runway.

Outcome

Validation of market demand, before you write a line of code or sign a lease.

Ready to scale but need the right partners to do it

Knowing what the market wants is only half the equation. The other half is closing the strategic alliances that give your product the distribution, credibility, and resources to scale. I identify the right partners, architect the relationship, and help you close the alliance, so you are not scaling alone.

Outcome

The right strategic alliance closed, so your product scales with the partners it needs.

Flat-fee engagement — contact for pricing

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Not sure if your idea has a real market?
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Background

Jim Raubolt Experience

Combining a University of Illinois MBA, Certified Scrum Product Owner certification, and 15+ years of closing multimillion-dollar alliances across multiple industries, I bring executive-grade product strategy and partnership development directly to founders and small teams.

Strategic Alliances

Orchestrated multimillion-dollar partnerships between startups and global enterprises.

Innovation & IP

Instrumental in the research leading to eight patent filings.

Market Validation

Direct responsibility for the design, deployment, and scaling of new products across STEAM education, computer vision, and robotics.

Long-Term Growth

Trusted by clients for multiyear engagements that prioritize strategic alignment and operational excellence.

Current Client Work

The Right Product. The Right Market. The Right Partners.

Two active engagements demonstrating the full MPS advisory model in practice.

STEAM Education Motorsports

April 2022 – Present · Active engagement

Team Steam Nation & Andretti Garage

The Challenge

How do you build a K-12 STEAM education platform that genuinely engages students, satisfies five distinct stakeholder groups, and bridges the gap between the Andretti motorsports legacy and American workforce development, while managing both nonprofit and for-profit commercialization simultaneously?

My Role

Product Strategy & Alliance Advisor, spanning the full commercialization lifecycle from product roadmap and market validation to AI integration, IP strategy, and strategic alliance development.

Key Outcomes

– Patent-pending browser-based platform featuring Mario, Jeff, and Adam Andretti as digital learning avatars
– University-validated pedagogy methodology aligned to NGSS standards
– Cornerstone financial support secured from a leading corporate financial foundation
– Dual commercialization structure established, TSN nonprofit and Octane Media for-profit channels
– Platform designed to reach 6 million K-12 students on any device
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Computer Vision Robotics

September 2021 – Present · Active engagement

RAD LAB 1

The Challenge

How do you take cutting-edge computer vision expertise developed by Georgia Tech alumni engineers and translate it into a commercially viable industrial automation platform, with the strategic alliance infrastructure needed to scale to a global manufacturing partner?

My Role

Business Development & Strategic Alliance Advisor, product development research, IP strategy, and the strategic alliance structure connecting RAD LAB 1's technical expertise to global manufacturing demand.

Key Outcomes

– Seven patents awarded across the computer vision and robotics platform
– Strategic alliance closed with a global manufacturing company for industrial automation deployment
– IP assessment framework developed to protect and commercialize core computer vision innovations
– Platform positioned for scalable deployment across multiple manufacturing verticals
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What Clients Say

Trusted by Founders and Industry Leaders

"Jim has been instrumental in contributing to the creation of Team Steam Nation and Andretti Garage. His familiarity with new product and service development, strategic alliances, and project management has been invaluable."

Jeff Andretti

Cofounder & Partner · Team Steam Nation / Jeff Andretti Coaching Group

"Jim is extremely bright and intuitive, with both strategic and tactical skills, a tremendous asset. He is highly ethical and strongly believes in keeping customer commitments. Cool under fire, and exceptional at managing projects and growing accounts."

Jim Panaretos

Business Consultant · Former Dir. of Marketing, GM · Former VP, Sirius XM Satellite Radio

"Jim has been a tremendous asset at many levels with his deep experience in startup environments and strategic alliances. His insights in new product development, acting as a sounding board for multiportfolio strategies, have been invaluable."

Erik Lech

Managing Partner · Team Steam Nation / Octane Media

Availability
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I work with a focused number of clients at any given time, which means every engagement gets genuine strategic investment, not a junior team following a template.
If you are a founder or small business owner who needs to know whether your idea has a real market, or needs the right strategic partner to scale it, I'd welcome a conversation.
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