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Alicia and Renato Ghio are the real-life and reellife couple running the Danbury-based video production company RmediA LLC, which specializes in creating commercials and corporate and industrial videos. In this edition of Suite Talk, Business Journal Senior Enterprise Editor Phil Hall spoke with the couple on their work behind the camera.
When did RmediA begin and why did it begin?
Renato Ghio: "We began it in 1999."
Alicia Ghio: "It was sort of like a side hustle originally. Then, in 2001, we jumped full time with the business loan and the office space and all of that kind of stuff."
Renato Ghio: "That was the frightening part, but it made us get up, get out of bed and do something."
What were you doing before going full time with this endeavor?
Renato Ghio: "I was doing video production work, I was working for other people, working freelance."
Alicia Ghio: "My career path has sort of been all over the place. But at the time, I was finishing my master's degree in psychology and working at WestConn. 1 did a little bit of computer technology writing stuff when they were implementing a new computer system. Previous to that, 1 have a background in print journalism, and then I was at the dean of freshmen's office doing a lot of communication stuff. We were both at a turning point. It was like, 'I think we can do this on our own.' It was like a now or...