FROM AN IDEA TO A START-UP

WORLDFACTORY is one of the central transfer and founding projects of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB). Both academics and students receive competent advice, rooms and infrastructure for practical testing and networking opportunities. If you have a good idea and want to develop it further, you will find many forms of support here.

Young. Creative. Self-employed?

WHY SHOULD YOU SET UP
YOUR OWN BUSINESS

Do you find the start-up scene somehow exciting, but don’t have a precise idea of start-ups, business plans & Co.? At the WORLDFACTORY, you have the opportunity to explore the world of start-ups without any strings attached. Check it out and find out if the path to self-employment could also be your path.

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Unleash your potential

GET YOUR IDEA
ON TRACK

Every start-up begins with an innovation: an exciting insight, an invention, an idea for a product or a service. The WORLDFACTORY supports you in transforming your innovation into a business model. We provide individual advice on all questions of founding and financing. Unleash your potential and start your own business!

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Get in and get started

KICK-STARTING
YOUR START-UP

You already know exactly WORLDFACTORY offers you Incubators with expertise and infrastructure to develop your start-up. We help you to get the right funding so that your idea conquers the world.

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Networks for transfer

DOING BUSINESS
WITH IDEAS

Success is based on experience and creativity – and innovation requires a sound foundation. At the WORLDFACTORY, young business models meet interested partners to transfer ideas into practice. Companies benefit from impulses from current research and from customised services. This is how proven concepts can be optimised and new markets opened up.

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