Michael Angle envisioned owning a business that would allow students to watch their professors’ lectures online. But when he presented the idea to his management class, his professor ripped him apart. The 2007 business graduate said he remained optimistic after the feedback and laughed as he compared his story to Todd Graves, owner of Raising Cane’s.Angle was given the chance to prove his business model, Classes on Demand, when the University’s incubator accepted him into the program. The Louisiana Business and Technology Center’s incubator program helps new businesses become recognized and offers office space for the companies at South Campus. Charles D’Agostino, LBTC executive director, said the program supports 21 businesses, including four who joined in January. “It’s critical [to help] small businesses to get started,” D’Agostino said, explaining that local businesses help keep the community thriving. Classes on Demand began as Angle’s idea from the classroom — to create a program where students can view class lectures online. He said the company is piloting the program in a classroom in Dodson Auditorium, and students can pay $3.50 per lecture to view the video. “[The business] takes a whole new approach to distance learning,” Angle said. “Once you purchase [the lecture], you can still view it all semester,”  The University is going to test the company’s system after Classes on Demand begins filming. Angle said the equipment is functional in the classroom, but the company is waiting for approval from professors and departments. The program should begin in the next month, he said.”[We’re] hoping to start in one classroom and then expand into multiple classrooms,” Angle said. Student Government is putting together a focus group to help get student feedback about distance learning, he said. D’Agostino said the four new businesses will offer new resources to the community because of their unique business models.  “Each [new business] plan to add five to ten jobs in the next year,” D’Agostino said. —-Contact Joy Lukachick at [email protected]