The mobile economy is delivering opportunities and reminding businesses of the challenges that the online environment has also created. Even with the evolution and improvements that have come in the payments industry, there are still issues for companies to sell their products online in the same convenient way that they can do in person.

China has 240 million devices, which is 30 percent of the world’s mobile device market. There’s no doubt about the growth potential of this market, according to Dr. Jaime Gonzalo of Huawei Technologies.

Today’s gig-based economy is encouraging more and more individuals with part-time or full-time jobs to discover hobbies that provide a source of side income. In a way, these hobbies operate as mini-businesses, taking up a few hours of extra work every week and also providing you with another source of revenue.

Startups are showing the big entrenched organizations that they need to change and come up with something more innovative or they will be left behind. In recent years, Fortune 500 companies have started to shrink and fall off the list, being replaced by disruptive startups. Large companies see how the world is changing. We are more connected and the speed of evolution is accelerating.

It’s easy to stay motivated when an idea is new, you’re new, and things are going well -- but what about when you’ve been at it for a while, and you and your team are struggling? How can you stay motivated and keep morale up when long hours, budget cuts, rejections or other setbacks happen?

Launching a startup is exhaustive. Once you finally get your business operating--your platform is built, or your site is created--there is always another monumental task ahead.

Start-up entrepreneurs are naturally risk takers. We go against the odds to out-innovate the incumbents who are endowed with better resources. We want to win and win big like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk with innovative products that will change the world.

Instacart with its same-day grocery delivery concept would have never failed in the eCommerce industry. Their business has become so widespread that the demand for an instacart clone has risen rapidly.

Keeping customers is way more important and cost-effective than acquiring new ones. They draw stable recurring income to your firm, making it financially stable. So, businesses strive hard to retain their customers, once acquired. On that account, tracking customer experience is imperative for all kinds of businesses.

SaaS venture-backed companies can use some of the tactics Shopify used to grow their revenue by nearly 100 percent. Shopify is one of the most popular and fastest growing eCommerce platforms for startups and small business.

[I wasn't going to publish this post because it's all about Arizona, by someone who loves this state. As I found the city of Phoenix absolutely beautiful and enjoyed this piece -- I thought that you may also enjoy it.]