Matt Booth
Chief Strategy Officer, Urgent.ly Roadside Assistance
Matt Booth is the Chief Strategy Officer at Urgent.ly Roadside Assistance. Previously, he was CEO of Connectivity, a developer of advanced customer intelligence solutions. Matt has more than 15 years of executive management experience in digital media and marketing, and deep expertise in SaaS solutions, online and mobile search, vertical directories, social networking, small-business advertising and online classifieds.
Before Connectivity, Matt served as Chief Strategy Officer for local media research and consulting firm BIA/Kelsey, where he advised clients across the interactive local media marketplace, and covered the latest trends in local, mobile and social search, customer engagement and lead generation. Matt came to BIA/Kelsey from Done Right (a LendingTree business), a local lead generation start-up, where he was cofounder and COO. Previously, Matt held several senior positions at Citysearch, including VP, strategy and planning; VP, product; and VP, media partnerships. Matt participated in numerous activities at Citysearch, including the creation of media partnerships with television and radio stations, the launch of city guides with leading newspapers like the Los Angeles Times, the design and implementation of a national local search product, the creation of the prototype of Citysearch’s performance-based sales model, and acquisitions such as that of Entertainment Publications.
Content & Articles by Matt Booth
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 2 Recap: Startup Growth – Tuesday Oct 14
After a packed AI Building Day, we continued LA Tech Week with Startup Growth Day, a full schedule of sessions focused on go-to-market strategy, founder journeys, and scaling startups in...
LA Tech Week 2025 Day 1 Recap: AI Building – Monday Oct 13
We hosted three full days of events during LA Tech Week, each one focused on helping founders learn, connect, and build with the latest in AI and startup growth. Day...
Using Customer Feedback to Build a Product that Customers Will Love
Customer feedback is the lifeblood of successful product development, but many startups struggle with collecting, validating, and prioritizing the constant stream of input from users, advisors, and internal teams. In...
How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...
7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself
The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out
A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....
