When SMU alumnus Marcus Wee presented his business idea in an entrepreneurship class as part of his undergraduate course, a venture capitalist in the same class asked if he would be able to take the idea to fruition. "I told him I would, but only after I gained some work experience," Mr Wee said. After working for two years in the IT industry he started planning for the new business which helps gamers build their dream laptops to handle playing demanding PC games. Six months later, in June last year, he and his two business partners successfully secured PC components from suppliers in the region, and Aftershock PC was born. The Aftershock Titan laptop bagged the Editor's Choice award for the best gaming notebook at this year's Digital Life Awards. Within a year, they plan to venture into markets such as Thailand and Malaysia by engaging distributors in those countries.