Why is Cambium so important for ‘sapling’ businesses?
In Latin cambium translates into the verb – to exchange. The word, exchange, has many meanings, we often think of it in terms of its financial connotations to exchange shares or money, as evidenced by the ‘Cambio’ signs, we during our holidays. The Botanists’ choice of the word was due to the function that the Cambium cells facilitate in the growing structure of a plant, which is to allow the exchange of important nutrients between the many other cells important for the growth of the plant. This definition of the word exchange, is described by various dictionaries as the ability: ‘to give and receive reciprocally; to make an exchange of; to interchange’ – . Oxford English dictionary ‘to give up or give up in return for something else’ – Chambers Twentieth Century dictionary It is these definitions that have great relevance to our specialism of accelerating the sustainable growth of early stage businesses. To understand this connection requires an appreciation of why ‘sapling’ businesse
