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title: "Fortune Magazine: Meet the Woman Behind Two Men and a Truck"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/361727fd-0996-48f6-a76c-1c94f4eedc9f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/fortune-magazine-meet-the-woman-behind-two-men-and-a-truck-2705054
category: "Moving & junk"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Moving & junk"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2017-12-19T17:12:04.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:09:28.463Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/2a0e33e6243bea395d2baa99331bff2d1523.jpg
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# Fortune Magazine: Meet the Woman Behind Two Men and a Truck

**TL;DR:** Mary Ellen Sheets, founder of Two Men and a Truck, overcame obstacles to achieve national growth and build a moving empire. She connected with Fortune's reporter Dinah Eng to talk about her journey.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-12-19. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/fortune-magazine-meet-the-woman-behind-two-men-and-a-truck-2705054).*

## Story

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK founder Mary Ellen Sheets had to overcome numerous obstacles in order to achieve national growth with what began as a local moving company in Lansing, Michigan. From a criminal profile piece in the Lansing State Journal to a battle against the glass ceiling, Sheets connected with reporter Dinah Eng for Fortune's "How I Got Started" column to talk about her journey to build a moving empire.

"The big moving companies hated us," said Sheets in her interview with Fortune. "Their trucks were big, and they did moves cross-country. We did small moves, but when the economy got bad in the early ’90s, they wanted our business. The moving industry is a good-old-boys’ network, and they put up all kinds of barriers to stop me."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Home Services (sector)
- Fortune (company)
- national growth (topic)
- moving industry (topic)
- female founder (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/fortune-magazine-meet-the-woman-behind-two-men-and-a-truck-2705054). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/361727fd-0996-48f6-a76c-1c94f4eedc9f).