--- title: How Syncfusion Was Built: 25 Years of Listening | daily.dev description: Syncfusion marks 25 years in business with a look back at how it grew from a single high-performance Windows Forms grid component in 2001 to a platform used by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-syncfusion-was-built-25-years-of-listening-kocjn4z9y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Syncfusion Was Built: 25 Years of Listening | daily.dev og:description: Syncfusion marks 25 years in business with a look back at how it grew from a single high-performance Windows Forms grid component in 2001 to a platform used by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-syncfusion-was-built-25-years-of-listening-kocjn4z9y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KOCJn4z9Y.png og:image:alt: How Syncfusion Was Built: 25 Years of Listening og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Syncfusion Was Built: 25 Years of Listening **[Syncfusion](https://daily.dev/sources/syncfusion)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Syncfusion marks 25 years in business with a look back at how it grew from a single high-performance Windows Forms grid component in 2001 to a platform used by over a million developers and 40,000+ companies. Founded without outside funding in Research Triangle Park, NC, the company built its reputation by shipping source code access when competitors didn't, listening closely to customer feedback, and expanding into enterprise SaaS products like Bold BI, BoldSign, Bold Reports, and BoldDesk. A Community License program has distributed over $1.9 billion in free software to 154,000+ startups and independent developers, generating feedback that shaped the product roadmap. The post also shares a personal anecdote about company culture — a failed build night that turned into a card trick session — illustrating the curiosity-driven mindset behind the company's longevity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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