When I sat with Mozy CEO Josh Coates in Walt Mossberg’s office in Washington, DC back in May of 2006 I could tell something special was happening. Walt was talking about timing a Wall Street Journal review of Mozy with the launch of a new product. He was convinced that Mozy was something special. Well, when one of the top tech reporters in the world responds like that in a product briefing, the high tech PR professional’s heart starts pumping a little harder.  

That experience comes to mind as I note EMC’s acquisition of Mozy for $76M announced this past week. Funny thing, this is the second client PilmerPR has helped launch that has been acquired by EMC. The first was Avamar, which went for $165M in 2006. We worked hard for two years helping Avamar gain traction with editors, analysts and ultimately investors. 

We take these successful investor harvest events as a compliment regarding PilmerPR’s expertise in launching emerging small businesses  that want to be taken seriously as category leaders.

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