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The Real History of Inbox Zero: What Merlin Mann Actually Said
The real history of Inbox Zero: Merlin Mann never meant zero emails. He meant zero open decisions. Two decades of misreading explained — and corrected.
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Sarah Chen
Q3 Budget Review
Budget needs approval by Friday. Total: $142K.
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Re: Board meeting prep — action items
Hey Sarah, okay well noted. Can you please ask Jenny that she includes the retention numbers instead?
Hi Sarah,
Noted on the retention and churn numbers. Could you ask Jenny to include those in the board deck? They asked about churn specifically last time.
We'll have everything else ready by Monday EOD.
Many thanks,
Michael
Michael Rogers | CEO
michael.rogers@rogerspartners.com
On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM, Sarah Chen wrote:
One more thing: can you also pull the customer retention numbers for the board deck? They asked about churn specifically last time.
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