SMU School of Information Systems graduate Adrian Cheng cold-called more than 10 Silicon Valley start-ups in 2012, asking for opportunities of internship during his summer break between May and August. When he finally found one which matched his aspirations, he bought a $2,000 plane ticket and flew to the San Francisco Bay on his own. Adrian spent just over two months with application developer Tiny Post, which had a staff strength of four full-timers. During that time, he went on to develop the application, Tiny Post, that became South Korea's top-ranking featured app in the Apple App Store.