From the interview referenced in his blog: "Sparkbuy founder Dan Shapiro doesn’t like talking to people on airplanes. But on a trip between Silicon Valley and

From the interview referenced in his blog: "Sparkbuy founder Dan Shapiro doesn’t like talking to people on airplanes. But on a trip between Silicon Valley and Seattle late last year, the entrepreneur started a conversation with the guy sitting next to him, which happened to be Google’s Matt Klainer. That chance encounter, along with a previous meeting with Google Kirkland site director Scott Silver, led to the search giant’s interest in Shapiro’s new search engine for consumer electronics." It might just be PR though.