What DO we provide?

Sell-Side M&A Architecture For Bootstrapped Technology Founders

Nspyr offers a new type of sell-side M&A Architecture service that helps bootstrapped tech entrepreneurs unlock the power of M&A to achieve a truly transformative life-changing event, no unicorns required. We help bootstrappers, who are so often ignored and misunderstood by conventional M&A advisors, to add up to an extra digit to their sales while molding the M&A process around their personal goals and dreams.

Sales and Business Development Services for Offshore, Emerging, or Growing Hardware and Software Companies

Nspyr offers expert sales and business development services to offshore or domestic hardware and software companies seeking to enter or grow in the North American marketplace. Our comprehensive suite of services leverages 35 years of global sales and business development leadership to meet your business objectives.

Product Consulting and Advisory Services

Nspyr bridges the gaps between novel technologies, market trends, and emerging customer needs. We help clients define, commercialize, launch, market, and protect their embedded hardware and software products and the IP embodied in them, maximizing business results.

Meet Our Founder, Steve Yates, P.E.

What Clients Are Saying

I had the pleasure of working with Steve for many years, we met when he was the CEO of ADI and continue to collaborate to this day. He is a very technical leader with unique human skills and was able to navigate complex situations.
Joint GTM, an acquisition, and moving forward as one company were all journeys we took together.

I could not have asked for a more client- and market-aware partner.

Elad Blatt
Former Chief Strategy Officer, Silicom Ltd.

Steve and I worked together at the Open Compute Project, where, to my delight, I found him innovative and able to think broadly (both in and out of the box). But perhaps most importantly, Steve was willing to take initiative and make things happen, often showing up with prototypes when I was expecting PowerPoint.

"Exceeding Expectations" is a somewhat overused superlative these days, but this is what I truly felt working with Steve.

Tom Anschutz
Former Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T

The work that Steve and his team did was a key to the success of Intel's network processor and embedded communications business. Steve is a hands-on business executive.

He is excellent at creating a product design definition, explaining this design to customers and suppliers, and meeting customer expectations.

Hank Allard
Former Business Alliance Manager, Intel Corporation

We have engaged with Steve and ADI Engineering on very complex hardware design projects. The level of technical expertise and attention to detail is always impressive. Steve and his team have my highest recommendation!

Mike McGrath
Former Datacenter Storage Strategist, Intel Corporation

Steve provided extremely creative and effective solutions for projects in the broadband wireless space. With his help, our company, integrity Communications, and its successor Spike Broadband, achieved great technical success leading to what was probably the largest broadband wireless equipment deal in the world at that time - $400 Million Dollars. Steve and ADI were always on-time, on-budget, and easy to work with.

Tom Bowden
Former Chief Counsel, Spike Broadband