A closer look at what we’re building, learning, and celebrating

As a child, Karli Sue VerHoef was a quadriplegic. At the time, she was told she always would be. She came to appreciate how she depended on others for help. When she recovered, she considered it such a gift that she has devoted her life to serving children.

Hansen spoke to KSL Sports from Provo,where he leads Tesani, a holding company for a variety of businesses and startups spearheaded by the Orem native. His current project isEddy HR, a human resources software platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to simplify companies' HR needs.

When we survey employees for the annual Best Companies to Work For program, we ask them their attitudes about four categories: benefits, leadership and management, opportunities for growth, and company culture. To make the list, companies must be strong, if not exceptional, in all of those categories.

Congratulations to the “Micro” companies honored in the 2017 Best Companies to Work For program. Companies in this category have between 25 and 50  full time employees.

Travis Hansen learned leadership during nearly two decades on the basketball court for UVU, BYU and the NBA. Now he’s fast breaking on the wave of entrepreneurism. “Surfers paddle 90 percent of the time, and 10 percent of the time they get to ride the wave,” Hansen says. “We call those moments our ‘Tesani moments’ and we create them inside our companies.”

BYU basketball alumnus Travis Hansen spoke to students at the Student Athlete Building on Nov. 30.As a former professional basketball player and experienced entrepreneur, he came to advise students on how to find similar success in their post-college careers.