Executive Success Strategies with Craig Cooke

Craig Cooke is a successful entrepreneur who had the foresight to start a “digital first” company utilizing the Internet long before “digital first,” “digital transformation,” and other buzzwords of today were created. With extremely limited resources of $1,300 and an Apple computer, he started RhythmNet.com with a couple friends from college. Over the years of struggle, adaptation, and repositioning the brand, “Rhythm“ was sold to a world-class digital creative agency in 2019. Craig stayed with the company for just over 3 years, completing a 26-year marathon of running the company as CEO.

​During his tenure at Rhythm®, Craig worked with middle market to large enterprise companies, such as American Honda Motors, Beats by Dr. Dre, ZO Skin Health, Irvine Company, The Travel Corporation, Segway, U.S. Bank, FivePoint, Online Trading Academy, Allergan, Abbott Labs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and many other B2C and B2B brands. During the course of leading Rhythm® to success, numerous organizational achievements were attained, including, but not limited to, the following:

• ​Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies, five years in a row (only seven percent of companies on this list achieve this feat)
• ​Top 100 Marketing & Advertising Leaders, 2021 by Marketing, Advertising and Retail Summit (MARsum)
• ​Best Places to Work four years in a row

​Today, Craig shares his business wisdom, experience, and expertise in three key areas: executive leadership, brand development, and marketing communications. He continues his training in martial arts, continuously learning and evolving his skills. Also, he has studied and served as a practitioner of Chinese Medical Qigong since 2015, bringing energy healing to hundreds of people. Craig holds a Doctorate in Chinese Energy Medicine from the Temple of Change and Transformation.

​Join us for this exciting event on Wednesday, November 6 at 5 pm in Irvine at the stunning OneDigital venue. OneDigital SoCal has made the Orange County Business Journal’s Best Places to Work list for the 14th year (2012-2024). In addition to having a great culture, OneDigital is a national Insurance firm with over a $1 billion in revenue. Their main focus is employee benefits, but they also have a spectrum of additional services like wealth management, human resources and PEO.

​This event will be hosted by Chi Pham, Founder of Founders Flow, a community to connect and create opportunities for Founders in SoCal. There will be networking opportunities and dinner served. We look forward to seeing you!