Carlos de la Lama-Noriega is the CEO and founder of Startup Embassy, a coliving space for startup founders in Silicon Valley with a global community of more than 2000 entrepreneurs in 90 countries. Carlos holds a Master's degree in Telecommunication Engineering and began his career in the Defense Industry working in the Euro Fighter Typhoon program. He later moved as a researcher for several NATO Unmanned Aerial Vehicle projects. After understanding that he didn’t want to end his career working for someone else, he decided to follow his entrepreneurial spirit to found several startups, most of them painful failures. These failures allowed him to understand the complexity and pains of starting a company. He is now helping international founders to soft-land in Silicon Valley, providing a place to live, work, and more importantly, a global network of founders, mentors, and advisors. He’s also a Business Angel and advisor to several startups.When he finds time, he writes about his experience as a coliving operator in his blog Coliving From The Trenches.