Uzair Bawany of Traydstream.

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April 1, 2024

How to manage sales teams that scale

Uzair Bawany of Traydstream shares his top tips for running a sales function in a growing company

Uzair Bawany is the chief commercial officer at Traydstream, the fintech he cofounded in 2017 to automate and digitise trade finance. At the time, the team of three worked on the entire sales process, end to end. Today, the Series B company has a team of 250 people, with a lean sales department of around 20 people led by five heads of sales across Europe, America, Middle East and Africa, APAC and Japan as well as Korea.

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Anisah Osman Britton

Anisah Osman Britton is coauthor of Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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