ShotCaller

ShotCaller is a free-2-play gaming platform where fans make sports picks & win rewards from local partners for playing along.We help communities scale their IP through gaming & issuing digital rewards.   Our inaugural NFT rewards collection was created by local youth artists, with perks tied to black-owned Minneapolis-Saint Paul businesses.Make picks on the ShotCaller app this MLB Postseason for a chance to win a free "MSP NFT", or purchase one for $10 on our site.

A portion of the sale proceeds go towards WEB3 education for youth at the Smart North Tech Hub, located right outside of George Floyd Square.

About the founder - Michael (Hunter) Dansbury

Today, Corporate America recognizes diversity equals dollars, & while it’s great to see new Web3 projects promoting Black Culture & Imagery (frontend), I decided to work on this idea because I want to enable small businesses (especially black & marginalized) to be able to create digital assets & Web3 experiences via our gaming platform (backend & brown led). Big brands have capital to experiment with Web3 projects (eg. NFTs & utility tokens), but for many small businesses that option is not feasible due to subject complexity, technical barriers & financial operational structure of the underlying business.  As CEO, I personally am educating myself on Web3 daily. While fundamentals can ground you, you eventually need to “walk the walk” so that is why I’ve prioritized kicking off Web3 projects in Q2 ‘22 & am scoping our product/design requirements throughout discussions with partners in our Version 1 product. To ensure technical competency, our CTO is also enriching daily in the space & we’ve secured strategic ties to subject-matter-experts via our partnered development team. Aside from absorbing Web3 articles/podcast/projects/etc, I do geek about being a collector since childhood (ie sports trading cards/memorabilia, POGs, comics, figurines, magic/pokemon/other collectible trading card games) & get tickled thinking about all the fun that is about to come.