Michael Dirck Moyer (born in 1971) is an American entrepreneur, author, adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University, and adjunct associate professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has written eight books in support of achieving success in advanced education and business, including How to Make Colleges Want You (2008) and Slicing Pie (2012), the latter of which outlined his strategy for dividing equity in startup companies.Moyer and his business partner Alyson Tesler were the winners of the 2003 New Venture Challenge at the University of Chicago, for which their startup, Vicarious Communications, Inc., received a $25,000 investment from the university.