Meet the Founder

Pete Cote

Founder & CEO of MomentSent

United States Marine Corps (Retired)

"I built MomentSent because the people I love deserved better than my busy schedule."

Pete Cote, Founder & CEO of MomentSent

I'd call home after a deployment and find out a birthday had passed a week ago. That guilt doesn't go away easily. I needed a system, so I built one.

Pete Cote, Founder & CEO

Life moves fast. Moments don't wait.

For most of my career, life was moving at a pace that left little room for the things that mattered most. Between deployments, field ops, and the relentless pace of active duty in the United States Marine Corps, the calendar became an afterthought. Birthdays slipped by. Anniversaries passed unacknowledged. Holidays arrived and departed while I was somewhere else entirely.

It wasn't that I didn't care. I cared deeply. It was that caring and actually doing something about it require two very different things: intention, and time. I had the first in abundance. The second was always in short supply.

Built for people who run 100mph.

After retiring from the Marine Corps, I set out to solve this problem. Not just for myself, but for everyone who has ever felt that sting of realizing they missed something important. Parents. Entrepreneurs. Shift workers. Anyone whose life doesn't slow down just because someone they love has a birthday.

MomentSent was born from a simple belief: the people in your life shouldn't have to wonder if you remembered them. You shouldn't have to fight through a crowded card aisle at the last minute, scramble to find a stamp, and cross your fingers hoping it arrives on time. There's a better way, and it starts with just a few minutes of planning, once.

Why it matters

Receiving a physical card with your name on it, dropped right through your mailbox, feels different than a text. It says: you were worth the effort. That feeling is irreplaceable. And it's available to everyone, not just the people who happen to have a free afternoon to make it to the store.

My mission with MomentSent is to make that feeling accessible for every kind of person living every kind of life, so no one ever has to feel forgotten, and no one ever has to feel guilty for forgetting.

Just getting started.

I have big plans for where MomentSent is headed. New ways to personalize cards, smarter reminders, tools that make it even easier to stay connected to the people who matter. I genuinely hope to turn MomentSent into a name that everyone recognizes as the company that made sure the people you love always knew you were thinking of them.

Whether you're a fellow Marine, a parent, a small business owner, or just someone who cares, MomentSent was built for you.

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