Books from the builder.

Volume 1 · The memoir

For the press — the personal story

The Tree I’ll Never See the Shade Of

Coming — not for sale yet

A Delaware network engineer’s last bet on himself — and the company he’s planting for his son. Twenty-four years fixing other people’s systems, the money fights, the decision to go, and the launch of Tezla Group on the eve of it all. Written October 11, 2026 — the night before launch.

“For Corey — the tree is yours. I’m just planting it.”
— the dedication

• Scope: prologue + 13 chapters + epilogue
• Length: nearly 37,000 words of manuscript
• Covers: the career, the family, the fights, the founding
• Status: manuscript complete; in rewrite passes before any sale

Volume 2 · The business book

For business readers — the efficiency model

The 75-to-5

Coming — not for sale yet

Seventy-five people’s worth of work — run with five. The business book: how five G-C level humans and a named AI workforce run what used to take an army, the efficiency model behind it, and the Tezla way of running a company. Offered after Volume 1.

• Scope: the 75-person machine, the five-person build, the efficiency model
• Length: over 23,000 words of manuscript
• Includes: the certification standard and degree curriculum material
• Title: working title — Louis makes the final call
• Status: manuscript in rewrite passes before any sale