SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2018 62 When Tommy Wood – Tommy is the man at the helm of the full-service Atlanta-based production company Terebinth Tree – spoke with Spotlight on Business back in the dog days of summer, we could tell straight away that he’s the kind of business owner who doesn’t feel the heat. Tommy’s cool. In fact, he’s contagiously calm. When we asked the award- winning writer, director and producer – and now bona fide Southern saucier – for tips for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to know how to stand the heat in the kitchen, Tommy was, well, cool and direct. “When people ask me about my story as an entrepreneur, I tell them that I did it honest,” he explained. “I grew up in a house where my dad not only owned his own equipment rental store – equipment like tractors, lawnmowers, chainsaws; a whole array for homeowners and construction workers – he also specialized in making parts for vehicles like Volkswagen Beatles that weren’t available locally at the time. So, he ran the store up front and he was in the back working in the machine shop. In a nutshell, that really explains who I am. While I have this central, over-arching general media company that I’m running where I’m doing branding and video production, I’m also writing screen plays and developing a hot sauce brand.” Terebinth Tree, the “over-arching” outlet for Tommy’s creativity, has generated branding and media for businesses known around the world. Grate Chef, Autotrader.com, and Glock are just some of the household names featured in
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