<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Business Strategy on Rational America</title><link>https://RationalAmerica.com/tags/business-strategy/</link><description>Recent content in Business Strategy on Rational America</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://RationalAmerica.com/tags/business-strategy/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Are You Solving the Wrong Problem With AI?</title><link>https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/are-you-solving-the-wrong-problem-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/are-you-solving-the-wrong-problem-with-ai/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Can you honestly explain what the AI budget has bought lately?&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;If you had to pause for more than a second, you’re not alone. Walk into any large enterprise today and you’ll find a pattern that’s becoming painfully familiar. A dozen AI pilots, three chatbot proof-of-concepts, a computer-vision trial in one factory and a procurement team that asked ChatGPT to write a vendor email. And none of it changed the quarterly numbers.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>7 Proven Ways to Master Rational Risk Assessment as an Entrepreneur</title><link>https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/7-proven-ways-to-master-rational-risk-assessment-a/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/7-proven-ways-to-master-rational-risk-assessment-a/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="7-proven-ways-to-master-rational-risk-assessment-as-an-entrepreneur"&gt;7 Proven Ways to Master Rational Risk Assessment as an Entrepreneur&lt;/h1&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Marcus closed his startup&amp;rsquo;s seed round on a Thursday. He celebrated for about an hour. Then the weight settled in.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Every investor at the table had nodded along during his pitch. They smiled politely at the hockey-stick forecasts. Nobody asked the tough question. Nobody asked what happens when the pilot program flops. Nobody challenged the 87% market capture assumption baked into the bottom of his model.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>