Gravity Stories

Serving the Hawaiian islands since 2007, our locally based team takes customer-service to an incomparable level. Our team is the only on-island support and sales team in the industry supporting the diverse business owners and businesses across the islands. “Working with Merchants in Hawaii has truly been a blessing and a privilege for me and […]

It’s no secret that a big part of Gravity’s DNA is our local communities in Seattle, Boise, and Honolulu. Not only do we serve thousands of small businesses in these neighborhoods, but it’s where many of our team members’ call home. So, a key initiative this year has been to do more, and be more […]

Introducing Gravity Payments' new CEO, Tammi Kroll.

It’s been five years since we announced a $70,000 minimum wage at our company, Gravity Payments. Since then, our revenue has tripled and our headcount and customer base have doubled. Meanwhile, our employees have made major improvements to their lives, such as buying houses, starting families, saving for retirement, and eliminating debt. Our celebrations came […]

Look around. Wherever there’s a neighborhood with any mojo in this country, it’s not some megacorporation that made it happen. It’s you, the independent-business owner. You’re the one who had the wild idea to start a business, the grit to get it built, and the devotion to keep it running Day after day. That’s just […]

Mitch Esplin is still surprised. It’s been five years since he began working at this company, and he still can’t believe it. Talking to him, you get the sense he wakes up each morning feeling a little like Rip Van Winkle. “It’s hard to believe I’m still sitting here today,” he says. “It’s been a […]

For Tanya Williamson, the decision to become a foster parent was not a choice but a calling. Her passion for helping at-risk youth began back in college when she worked as a volunteer at a summer program for kids about to enter their first year of high school. The drop-out rate for high-school students in […]

Jared Spears’s interest in music developed largely out of necessity. Growing up in Fallbrook, California, the self-proclaimed “Avocado Capital of the World,” there was very little for a young boy to do except eat guacamole, attend the annual Avocado Festival, and throw avocados at other children. “I had an avocado fight or two when I […]

April Gracz will be the first person to tell you she’s an extrovert. “I can make a new best friend anywhere,” she says. “I’m an open book.” She’ll also be the first person to tell you that these traits have come in handy throughout her career. Before joining the sales department at Gravity six years […]

“We did not walk to the club in our g-strings,” Murray Tanner clarifies. “Once we got to the club, we changed into them back stage.” After donning the silver thongs–and little else–Murray and seven other scantily clad men mounted the motorcycles they’d been loaned for the evening. Murray had ridden a motorcycle once before in […]

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch “I’m not sure what I would say.” That was my response when my history teacher asked me to enter a state-wide essay contest about the Holocaust during my junior year of high school. “I’m not sure I have a place to speak […]

In December 2017, James Kemp’s parents informed him that they were moving to England. The move made sense; that’s where they were from and James himself had been born in Surrey before his family moved to the United States when he was three years old. James would not be returning to the UK with them, […]