It's a legal requirement in my country. You need three years of working experience AFTER finishing university. (I have more than 10 years of experience, but sadly that doesn't count. That's a bummer... Only one year will be credited, so that's one year and 8 months left).
If you have finished the three years you are allowed to take an exam and only after that, you are allowed to work on your own....
But you worked at my architecture firm for 4 years. I remember it. Yeah, you totally did.
Fake roadblock demolished.
Now get to work!
Or at least hire someone to be your partner who is "allowed" to get into the business.
You can run anything. Bureaucratic rules are limited by who's name is on the paper. You don't have a buddy who's been an architect for 3 years? You can say "hey lets partner until I can open my own firm I'll pay you x% just let me run everything it's free money for you".
How do you have to have experience before opening a business? You can't have manager-managed businesses? You can't have subsidiaries? You can't buy a shelf company registered as an architecture firm? Do shareholders of a corporation that owns architecture firms all have to be licensed and experienced? Or do just the employees practicing architecture have to be experienced? Then just F*cking hire some people who have 3 years employment history.
I can run a law firm. I've never taken more than a community college business law class. I would find an old lawyer to hire, and then I would get to work building a company. Rules are for the middle class. I don't need a degree to employ people. I don't need 10 years experience to be the defacto-boss. You can just HIRE people. If they need to be on the board of directors you just make a company, write the bylaws to say whatever, sign a contract with another company you created that says that company gets to make all the decisions and money, and then get to work.
Every single obstacle I see I assume it is easily circumvented 100% of the time and I'm usually right. Some industries are harder than others and need some more creative angles.
Now, would I go give heart surgery? No, I would F*ck it up and that would hurt people. That is wrong. But gay rules are gay and should be circumvented. You have 10 years experience, go get to work.