From large tech firms to small businesses, here are some companies that got their start with a side hustle.

BY CHRIS MORRIS @MORRISATLARGE

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Side hustles might start as a way to earn a little extra to help pay the bills or have a little more fun on a Saturday night, but many founders have managed to grow them into something more.

Some very familiar tech companies got their start as side hustles or side projects, including Groupon, Twitter, and Instagram (which began as Burbn, a location-based app for whisky lovers). And there are countless more side hustles that have gone on to be fully fledged businesses of all sizes.

Here are three entrepreneurs who started doing work on the side, but saw their side hustles grow so quickly that they made those hustles full-time endeavors.

In the early days of the pandemic, Jocelyn Ho was looking to supplement her income as she rethought her career path. A longtime lover of gardening, she........

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