The secret to cycling and career success is the same, according to Tour de France winner Cadel Evans.

In the tightly-controlled rhythm of lunch service at his restaurant glass brasserie in Sydney's Hilton Hotel, chef and entrepreneur Luke Mangan keeps an eye on how the intricate but hopefully almost invisible operation is unfolding.

It is 21 years since Carolyn Creswell was an 18 year old babysitter working for a couple who wanted to sell their small muesli business. She and a partner could only scrape together $2000 – which the owners initially knocked back. Today Carolyn is on the BRW Young Rich list.