We last saw Luke Razzell, Founder of Weaver Digital, at our FinTech dinner with Travelex back in February. (He’s a bit of a finance fan when it comes to TableCrowd dinners!) Building his business as a solo founder, and helping others transform theirs, Luke and his team of freelancers have quite the list of clients under their belt (*cough* WorldPay) so we were more than happy to have Luke take part in our #BusinessSpotlight interview series.

What’s the elevator pitch for your business?
Weaver is a London-based design agency. We work with our clients to design powerful and intuitive solutions across their business. We are renowned for our ability to deliver compellingly simple solutions for complex and rapidly evolving problem spaces. Weaver also provides design and communication skills training.

What were you doing before you launched your company?
I was a piano teacher for 15 years.

If you have co-founders, where did you meet them?
No co-founders — I am Weaver’s only full-time employee. We work with a network of freelance associates across the UK and Europe to deliver projects.

What’s your biggest ‘hindsight’ moment?
That changing careers in my mid-thirties was pretty risky, particularly as I had almost no experience in business, tech or even design. After a couple of dicey years early on, it’s worked out pretty well though.

What will the rest of 2016 bring?
The launch of Weaver’s new first-impressions testing service Peeq, and growth hacking of our innovative language learning app, Yarn. Yes, we do our own startup projects as well as provide client services. 🙂

One piece of advice for someone starting a business in your sector?
Dare to be different while making sure you don’t re-invent the wheel.

Convince someone to use your product/service in under 50 words.
We’re really, really good. And concise (which is part of what makes us good).

What’s your favourite startup in your sector (not including your own)?
Us Two has rocked the “agency plus startup projects” model for a while now, and their Monument Valley is a thing of beauty.

What’s your favourite London restaurant?
Has to be Gokyuzu & Kervan in Wood Green. Lovely food in ridiculously large portions, served by super friendly staff.

What’s your favourite meal?
Anything my wife cooks. 🙂

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