WORQing towards change

• Amirul’s life changed dramatically in 2020 after a car accident left him almost entirely paralyzed and bedridden for a year.
• Unable to continue his 18-year career in banking and investment, he faced many hurdles while job hunting as companies were not ready to onboard an employee with a disability.
• His turning point came when a former colleague, Andrew Yeow, invited him to a networking event at WORQ, a co-working space Andrew co-founded.
• There, he connected with startups, venture capitalists, and potential partners, inspiring him to launch a business creating and selling his own line of fragrances. Amirul answered a new calling: entrepreneurship.
• Choosing to base his office at WORQ isn’t just about having a wheelchair-friendly office — it’s about being part of a supportive, inclusive community. The space, designed to be wheelchair-accessible, gives Amirul the flexibility to work on-site just a couple of days a week.
• Andrew shared that this is something that 500-backed WORQ wants to promote — supporting people with disabilities (PWDs) and disadvantaged groups, such as single mothers, retirees and freelancers.
• “When my co-founder Stephanie Ping and I started WORQ, we wanted to solve two big things,” he explained. “One is the real estate element and the other is the community element.”
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