Ep212 – Matt Loop (Head of Asia – Rippling) on Leadership, Hiring & Growing Iconic Tech Companies

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep212 – Matt Loop (Head of Asia – Rippling) on Leadership, Hiring & Growing Iconic Tech Companies June 19, 2025 rohitbhargava Uncategorized My guest for Ep212 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was Matt Loop. There are few people who’ve had as much influence in shaping the tech landscape in this region as Matt. He began his career at Salesforce, where he was one of their earliest hires in Australia, before going on to lead sales at LinkedIn, first in ANZ, then later as Head of Enterprise in North America. After that, he returned to Australia to take on the role of Head of Asia Pacific at Slack, helping the company scale its presence across the region. Today, Matt is the VP and Head of Asia at Rippling, a workforce management platform that’s transforming how businesses manage their people, IT, and operations. Just last month, Rippling announced a $450 million Series G round, valuing the company at $16.8 billion. In this episode, we dive into a range of topics, including: How to build and lead high-performance teams Matt’s approach to hiring and what he looks for in candidates The frameworks he uses to choose which companies to join Balancing a high-impact career with family life And so much more. Timestamps: 00:02:07 Matt’s career arc: Salesforce, LinkedIn, Slack, Rippling 00:08:45 Building Salesforce APAC 00:12:29 GTM Advice to founders 00:16:48 Leaving Salesforce: spotting comfort creep & moving to LinkedIn 00:24:27 Leadership frameworks from all his previous experiences 00:30:15 Cultivating Rippling’s high performance culture 00:35:09 Frameworks for evaluating potential career opportunities 00:46:13 Hiring “good humans” with a growth mindset 00:50:02 Networking and personal branding 00:55:13 Stepping back from the day-to-day and seeing the bigger picture 01:00:10 Finding your own version of balance Our partners: A big thank you to Katrina Loop, James Demetrios and Andrew McCarthy for their help with this interview! Also a big shout out to our long-term partners for the show: Scendar  Scendar is the OG startup accounting firm in Australia catering to all stages of your business’ life. If you’re busy running your startup, you don’t have time to do your own books and forecast. 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Links mentioned: The Komo Club – Details here Matt’s Links: Matt on LinkedIn Rippling People mentioned: Marc Benioff Satya Nadella Mike Gamson Alyssa Merwin Cal Henderson Parker Conrad James Demetrios Andrew McCarthy Companies mentioned: Salesforce LinkedIn Slack Siebel Oracle SAP Microsoft Amazon eBay Notion Atlassian Playbook Ventures Feedback/connect/say hello: [email protected] @RohitBhargava7 (Twitter) /rohbhargava (LinkedIn) @rohit_bhargava (Instagram) My Youtube Channel Credits: Music: Paycheck Other channels: Find all of the links for the podcast on Linktree here https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/startupplaybook/Ep212_-_Matt_Loop.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 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