Becoming the Boss.

FOR many female entrepreneurs, necessity is the mother of their venture. Take Carla Schneider, 40, of Orange, whose product, the WubbaNub, a silicon pacifier with a small stuffed animal attached, has been used in neonatal intensive care units and by mothers of fussy babies around the country. Ms. Schneider invented it during the first family vacation that she and her husband, Bret, took with their son, also Bret, now 9. Three months old at the time, Bret would sleep only with a pacifier in his mouth, but it kept falling out. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]