CCC Washers, a division of Charnecke Tents, Rosholt, Wis., has been making tent washing machines since 2010.

Your customers demand clean tops, and it is the busiest week of the year. Suddenly, a great customer places a last-minute tent order.

At the end of 2019, Kendra McMasters and her sister, Rayna Hess, were set for a great 2020. As co-owners of Chairs for Affairs, Concord, Calif., they had built their niche business into an integrated one-stop shop for event coordination, design and rentals. Then the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit and everything came to a screeching halt.