The following piece was intended for Y Combinator's internal forum, "Bookface." Founders often post reflections when they decide shut down their companies. YC didn't allow this particular piece after 2 attempts. There is nothing negative about Y Combinator in this post. News headline I saw on NBC recently. Two weeks ago, I made the decision to dissolve my company Agora (S19). Agora was supposed to be a search engine for local inventory, but we pivoted to selling small business products from acro