Don Katz has led the kind of charmed professional life I could only hope to lead. Studying literature at NYU with Ralph Ellison, a whimsical journalism career that included writing a piece on Spain for Rolling Stone, and a mid-career shift to founding a tech startup that eventually birthed urban revitalization?! This may be my favorite HIBT yet, and the most jealous I’ve ever been of anyone who has started a company (something I hope to never do).