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Travis Hansen learned leadership during nearly two decades on the basketball court for UVU, BYU and the NBA. Now he\u2019s fast breaking on the wave of entrepreneurism. \u201cSurfers paddle 90 percent of the time, and 10 percent of the time they get to ride the wave,\u201d Hansen says. \u201cWe call those moments our \u2018Tesani moments\u2019 and we create them inside our companies.\u201d Hansen\u2019s itch to still play on a team led him to being recruited by Deseret Book\u2019s Sheri Dew to write \u201cThe Next Few Years Will Change Your Life.\u201d And now his go-to play is changing others\u2019 lives, first with Sunshine Heroes that has benefited 450,000 children around the world, and now rebounding business strategies with his 55 employees at Tesani, a holding company. His roster of brands includes Eddy HR, Lift Credit, Capital Choice and Tech 9.