Eli Portnoy

CEO, Sense360

Eli Portnoy is the co-founder and CEO of Sense360. Eli and his colleagues are making mobile apps smarter by helping them leverage the sensors on smartphones to detect location, activity, and context in the background. They make it as easy as a few lines of code, and ensure high accuracy, low battery drain, and privacy safeguards. Previously, Eli was the co-founder and CEO of Thinknear, a location-based mobile ad network, and sold it within 19 months of inception to Telenav (NASDAQ: TNAV) in what remains the largest ever acquisition of a TechStars company. After the acquisition he became President of the Thinknear business unit within Telenav, and have helped grow the business many times over, built the team to 70+ people, and helped Thinknear take a leadership position in the industry. Eli loves to write and has been a recurring contributor for both Forbes.com and AdExchanger.com. I have also been a guest contributor on TechCrunch, StreetFight, Digiday, MediaPost, and many other publications. Previously he was a Sr. Product Manager at Amazon working on the Digital Video team. His focus was on defining the experience across our connected devices (TVs and set-top boxes) and working with the Prime team on what became Prime Instant Video. Eli graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a BA in International Relations, Political Science.

Articles by Eli Portnoy

How to Keep Your Emails Landing in the Inbox with Google’s Updated Spam Policies with Daniel-wise Ojaide

In this Mucker Growth session, Daniel-wise Ojaide from Warmbox.ai delves into the changes to Google and Yahoo’s updated spam policies and how to ensure your emails and outbound campaigns are...

Best Customers, Best Results: Unlocking Retention-Driven B2C Growth with Julius Lai

In this Mucker Growth session, Julius Lai from ArtShare discusses customer retention, which is often overlooked but essential for startups facing growth challenges. The following content will provide practical recaps...

Leveraging a Financial Model for Fundraising Success with Steven Plappert

In this Mucker Growth Session, Steven Plappert, CEO and co-founder of Forecastr, tackles how to use your financial model to the best capacity when fundraising. Your financial model can be...

How to Nail Your Pitch Deck (and Avoid Mistakes Founders Make) with Matt Gore

Have you ever thought of the average attention span per slide when an investor is going through your pitch deck? What kind of pitch deck are investors expecting? Our recent...

How Startups Can Develop a Positioning Strategy To Create a Lasting Brand with Rosabel Tao

In this Mucker Growth session, Rosabel Tao from Fire & Bridge delves into the critical field of startup positioning strategy and its crucial role in shaping enduring brands. Rosabel also...

SaaS Startup Pricing Mistakes (and How to Fix Them) with Kyle Poyar

In this Mucker Growth session, Kyle Poyar from OpenView delves into the critical topic of pricing for SaaS startups, aiming to rectify prevailing mistakes in your pricing strategies. Optimizing SaaS...