# This Dallas couple’s business disappeared overnight. So they pivoted to survive

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/this-dallas-couples-business-disappeared-overnight-so-they-pivoted-to-survive/
- Published: 2020-05-21T10:00:16-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Alex Carroll (left) and Kelsey Carroll ham it up at their offices on Monday, May 18, 2020, in Irving. […] (The Dallas Morning News) (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) Article by Ashton Nichols. Since May 1, their custom hand sanitizing stations have brought in $1 million in sales. When Kelsey and Alex Carroll heard that the NBA was postponing the rest of its season, they got a phone call. Then another. Then another. Soon, all of the business for their $3 million-a-year event company, Toss Up Events, was gone as COVID-19 brought the world to a halt. “It was a sad moment,” Alex said. “It’s a weird feeling to spend three years building a business and it evaporates in one day.” The couple quickly realized they needed to put Toss Up Events on pause and pivot their Irving-based business to something else. That’s how Stand Up Stations came to be, a business that supplies custom hand sanitizer stations to businesses. Since launching their website May 1, the Carrolls have done more than $1 million in sales. […] Click here to view original web page at www.dallasnews.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art & Design See Full Bio