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title: "The Monitor: Former educator realizes dream to open up a business as a franchisee"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/91a783fd-50e2-4bcc-bb2b-c1800ea0794c
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/the-monitor-former-educator-realizes-dream-to-open-up-a-business-as-a-franchisee-2710585
category: "Moving & junk"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Moving & junk"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2019-07-26T20:15:20.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:26.117Z
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# The Monitor: Former educator realizes dream to open up a business as a franchisee

**TL;DR:** Jose Gonzales, a former educator, has opened his first Two Men and A Truck franchise in McAllen, Texas. Gonzales applies his coaching and education background to the business, which he believes shares similar core values to his previous work.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-07-26. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/the-monitor-former-educator-realizes-dream-to-open-up-a-business-as-a-franchisee-2710585).*

## Story

Following a 20 year career in coaching and education at Sharyland High School, Jose Gonzales decided it was time for a change. The McAllen Monitor reported that on June 3, Gonzales opened his first Two Men and A Truck franchise to serve McAllen and the surrounding area.

“That was a chapter in my book that was great. I would get up and want to go to work, want to go and teach and coach and do all of that,” said Gonzalez on his time spent at Sharyland High School. Gonzales feels that Two Men and A Truck’s “core values” are many of the same that he applied to his work as a coach and a teacher. “Moving people forward is what we strive for, moving them to their new house, or their new apartment,” Gonzalez said. With nine employees currently, Gonzales is still in the midst of trainings, webinars and workshops to get his new business in top shape.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Home Services (sector)
- franchisee (topic)
- career change (topic)
- new business (topic)
- McAllen (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/the-monitor-former-educator-realizes-dream-to-open-up-a-business-as-a-franchisee-2710585). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/91a783fd-50e2-4bcc-bb2b-c1800ea0794c).