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Your Fractional Plug-n-Play Solutions Advisors
Carpfish Creative is a team of experienced business advisors with decades of expertise in providing effective business solutions, fractional services, sales, marketing, and advanced technology services. In today’s fast-paced technological landscape, affordable solutions are available for nearly every need, including support for small and medium-sized businesses. Our advisors are skilled in leveraging our extensive network to connect you with the best solutions tailored to your business model, not ours.
We are dedicated to our guiding principle of "Work Together, Grow Together: with our clients; when you make money, so do we. Our goal is to achieve measurable results and enable small and medium-sized businesses to compete with larger corporations effectively. We are fully equipped to collaborate with businesses nationwide (and globally), with a strategic emphasis on our home area of the upper Midwest. If you have any of the following needs, reach out.
🚀 Business Startup & Advisory
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Hands-on support for launching new ventures, from business planning and legal formation to vendor management and market research.
🌱 Cannabis / Hemp / Psilocybin Industry Consulting
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Licensing, compliance, operations, and applications for dispensaries, manufacturing, and cultivation—with guidance from industry experts like Cannaspire, Canna Advisors, CanManage, and more. From help with application licenses to buying/selling them, we've got you covered from A-Z.
🏦 Business (Cannabis/Hemp) Funding, Banking
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Lending partnerships, commercial grants, and strategies to maximize tax credits for small businesses.
💳 Payment Processing, ATMs & Point of Sale Selection
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Merchant services, card payments, ATMs, and leading POS hardware/software solutions, optimized for cannabis and high-risk industries. We fit the solution to the client, not the other way around.
🧑💼 Procurement & Fractional Services
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Payroll, HR setup, hiring, training, and labor/tax compliance, cannabis/hemp/psilocybin compliance for startups and growing teams.
🤖 AI Integration & Advanced Tech
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Incorporating AI tools and automation solutions to streamline marketing, sales, and business operations.
🎟️ Project & Event Management
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Planning, production, and execution for industry events and tradeshows, events with a focus on building network connections. We also create complete solutions for organizations.
🤝 Strategic Partnerships, Rapid Network Buildouts
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Access to a robust network of legal professionals, payroll, and technology service partners for holistic business solutions.
📈 Complete Marketing & Branding
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Full-service campaign design, content marketing, social media, websites, logos, and analytics for growing businesses.
Upcoming Events
15 days to the event
Jan 06, 2026, 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CST
Online: Zoom Meetup
Assisting Minnesota cannabis applicants in understanding the 2026 rollout's implications for their businesses—directly from Warren (Chief Compliance Officer) and Carp. Participants are encouraged to submit their questions during the registration process.
17 days to the event
Jan 08, 2026, 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Online Zoom Meetup!
Before you sign a lease or swing a hammer, spend an hour with Evan Bliss, CEO of Studio Bliss, a cannabis facility design firm behind compliant, efficient, and visually striking cultivation and retail spaces across the country.
24 days to the event
Jan 15, 2026, 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM CST
Online Zoom Webinar
Cannabis HR is complicated enough. On January 8, 2026, join this live online session to see how Green Leaf Business Solutions helps cannabis employers manage hiring, electronic onboarding, payroll, and a fully integrated 401(k) in one cannabis-ready HRMS.
24 days to the event
Jan 15, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
Location TBA Shortly, Wayzata, MN, USA
Join Minnesota cannabis founders, operators, and investors for an informal happy hour focused on real conversations, deal flow, and what’s next for the state’s cannabis market. Network with vetted entrepreneurs, learn what investors are actually looking for in 2025, and build relationships that...
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